After an interstellar asteroid shot past the sun, scientists realized that there’s probably a lot of itinerant rocks out there. Those stones are changing what we know about the birth of solar systems.
Rocks dating back 3.4 billion years from south-west Greenland's Isua mountain range have yielded valuable information about the structure of the Earth during its earliest stages of development. In ...
Grand Canyon fossils in the Bright Angel formation reveal 500M-year-old animals with dual feeding structures, reshaping ...
Rocks in the Bright Angel Formation. NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast. This image ...
Don’t look down: Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers practice rappelling off Boxcar Rocks formation
A group of Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers got some real-world rappel training earlier this month at the Boxcar Rocks formation in Lebanon County, Pa. About 25 soldiers with 1st Squadron, 104th ...
Exploring Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, where colorful cliffs are just the beginning
In 1966, this area became the nation’s first national lakeshore, a National Park Service designation that preserves the region’s natural and recreational offerings. The park stretches 42 miles along ...
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