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.

Explosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock and gas skyward are the likely source of a mysterious Martian rock formation, a new study finds. The new finding could add to scientists' ...

Let's be very clear: No one is suggesting that Martians feast on pasta during a Red Planet all-you-can-eat buffet. But if scientists find a type of rock on Mars that looks a bit like fettuccine, it ...

In the last edition of our ongoing series on how planets get ore– those wonderful rocks rich in industrial minerals worth ...

The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing ...

This rock was formed as a result of the first nuclear explosion. The video explores the geological impact and the unique ...

The rock cycle naturally takes thousands to millions of years, but scientists just identified a new form of rock that cements in under four decades. Researchers believe the natural cements found in ...

A signature rock formation that hung above the Gorge Trail at Taughannock Falls State Park is now gone. About 1,000 tons of rocks fell onto and across the trail after the formation was intentionally ...