In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

A hidden box-lattice suggests groundwater sculpted Mars long after surface water fled; Curiosity’s drills aim to confirm the ...

Curiosity finds strange boxwork ridges on Mars that hint at ancient underground water. Scientists are now drilling for ...

One of the most enchanting features of Macedonia Brook State Park is, unsurprisingly, Macedonia Brook itself. This waterway ...

In a geologic nutshell: Two ancient types of rock - 1.4-billion-year-old Oracle granite and 50-million-year-old wilderness granite combined to form a type of rock called gneiss.

For decades, the oldest rock in the United States was considered Morton Gneiss, although a new contender has recently been ...

Micro-CT scanning, in particular, has become widely utilized in the analysis of rock structure damage, due to its capacity to visually display and reconstruct the three-dimensional fracture patterns ...

Located in Canada’s Northwest Territories, the Acasta Gneiss Complex is one of the oldest known rock formations on Earth. These metamorphic rocks, formed under extreme heat and pressure, are ...

Geologist Michael Ackerson holds a sample from Canada's Acasta Gneiss formation, home to some of the oldest rocks on the planet. Michael Ackerson We know Earth is old. Scientists estimate that our ...

A helicopter registered to the National Nuclear Security Administration was spotted flying a grid pattern over Red Rock Canyon for hours, raising questions from local residents.