In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...

A mineral known as siderite, discovered in rock samples collected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's ...

A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...

Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...