Although researchers have determined the ages of rocks from other planetary bodies, the actual experiments -- like analyzing meteorites and moon rocks -- have always been done on Earth. Now, for the ...

Stylolites — irregular seams that occur in limestone — have been found to affect how acoustic waves move through rock samples. Laboratory-based insights from KAUST researchers offer an improved ...

An artificial meteorite designed by the European Space Agency has shown that traces of life in a martian meteorite could survive the violent heat and shock of entry into the Earth's atmosphere. The ...

March 9 (UPI) --How can you study conditions inside Earth's ancient ocean? You recreate it, but on a much smaller scale. Scientists at Iowa State University did just that, mixing up a biochemical ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Gather your supplies! In this episode we will use everyday materials to create a model of the rock cycle and explore the three different categories of rock. Sedimentary rocks are ...