A trio of ancient mesas is rewriting what we know about wind, sand, and deep-time geology, captured in stunning detail from space.

When both minerals form, they trap small amounts of radioactive uranium – which, at a known rate, will decay into lead. By ...

A new study shows the monument’s most exotic stones did not arrive by chance but were instead deliberately selected and ...

Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica's vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.

Damhán Alla’ – the Irish for spider or wall demon – is the name given to the spider-like feature on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa by a team of researchers led by an Irish planetary scientist. Researchers, ...

In a paper published in Earth and Planetary Physics, an international team of researchers studied the magnetic properties of ...

Scientists trekked across Icelandic lava flows that served as stand-ins for Venus’s volcanic landscapes, testing tools and ...

As protests over redrawing of the Aravalli hill range intensify, a new eco-restoration report has raised sharp questions ...

While most Indian rivers rush east, the Narmada quietly moves west, shaped by ancient geology, sustaining farms, faith, and cities, and challenging what geography lessons long taught for generations ...

The 5,000-year-old mystery of Stonehenge may have finally been solved with the help of a few tiny grains of sand.

Death Valley is a prominent natural region in the western United States, located primarily in eastern California near the ...

Mars today is a frozen, dusty desert. But if you look deep inside Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system on Mars and in the Solar System, you find familiar landforms. They resemble river deltas, ...