Tag: Geology

Scientists working at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) have released the first ever digital geologic map of Alaska.

Gemologists working in Colombo, Sri Lanka, have confirmed the finding of the largest sapphire in the world.

NASA released a stunningly colorful new image of the dwarf planet Pluto, the latest in a series of images that ...

Geological maps can be awesome here on Earth, but when we have geological maps of extraterrestrial bodies... that's when we ...

Havana lawyer, Dr Fidel Castro, in Washington DC, 1959. (Wikipedia) Besides sunshine and sugar cane, what has Cuba got? It ...

NASA's New Horizons shuttle wasn't only taking mind blowing photos of Pluto, it was also peeking at Pluto's moons, especially ...

NASA recently uploaded a strikingly beautiful photograph on their website showing a petrified sand dune on Mars. The image was ...

Australian researchers have uncovered what might be the biggest impact asteroid impact zone in the world - at over 400 ...

The Villarrica volcano in southern Chile erupted in the early hours of Tuesday morning, spewing lava and ash up to ...

A NASA probe has taken a picture of a surprising pie-like geological feature on Mars. Scientists are not yet sure ...

Intricate polygons on Mars could be a clear indication of a wet past for the Red Planet. Most crater floor ...

Hima Hassenruck-Gudipati graduated this year from Caltech. She majored in mechanical engineering but minored in geology and her main area of interest ...

It was about as big as T-Rex, but not quite as fit - new fossils have revealed that Deinocheirus mirificus had quite a ...

A month ago, on May 25, a large mudslide rushed down a Colorado mountain near the town of Collbran covering an ...

Would you believe me if I told you that under this rusty, abandoned metal cap there lies the deepest hole ...

The Grand Canyon is a favorite for tourists all over the world - but if you think it's cool to ...

Artist impression of planetary impact that led to the formation of the moon. photo: NASA A new massive computer model ...

New analyses of NASA airborne radar data collected in 2012 reveal the radar detected indications of a huge sinkhole before ...

Geologists have now found the most compelling evidence of granites on Mars - something which prompts more complex theories about ...

A laudable, ambitious initiative is nearing fruition: the US$90-million Transportable Array, a moveable grid of seismometers that blankets America. Since ...

Rock permeability in the geologic fault that unleashed China's 2008 quake shows that fractures mend quicker than was thought. A ...

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have found a layer of liquefied molten rock in Earth's ...

In these past few decades, the US space program seemed to have significantly overcome the Russian one, with all sort ...

Amber is not very common, but you can't say it's really uncommon either. Bugs in amber - that's rare, but ...

Fossil hunters have recently unearthed the fossil remains of a species that can easily claim the title of the horniest ...

The Wave, Arizona Photo by Lobineau. The Wave is an astonishing sandstone formation that fascinates photographers and attracts numerous hikers ...

There are many things we have yet to find out about Saturn, but the Cassini probe has definitely shed some ...

Scientists have for the first time determined the actual permeability of the asthenosphere in Earth's upper mantle, which is basically ...

Boy 2009 passed quite quickly, but it didn't go without a blast, that's for sure ! I'm gonna show you ...

Quartz is a hard mineral consisting of silicon and oxygen. It's one of the most common minerals in the Earth's ...

In 2005, a huge 35 mile rift broke the Ethiopian desert apart and immediately led to geological claims that a ...

Dr. Beverly Goodman of the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa was doing some ...

It seems science and creationism are just taking sides and throwing rocks at each other; recently, they've taken things to ...

Evolution isn't just for living organisms, as scientists the Carnegie Institution found. They found that more than 3000 of the ...

As a proud student in geophysics, I can tell you that opal is hydrated silicon dioxide mineral with many astounding ...

    I'm not fond of alarmist theories or "bad things are happening, fast" attitude, but... bad things are just ...