The Perseverance rover has found some intriguing samples on the red planet. Here's what they might reveal about the origins ...

After all, the minerals we need aren’t just buried underground. As the basic building blocks of much of the world’s matter, ...

A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by NASA ...

In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how ...

Turns out (much to the chagrin of geologists in the housing market), those countertops are likely neither granite nor all the same type of rock. That's because rocks are made of different minerals and ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

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Levels of Select Vitamins and Minerals in Pregnancy May Be Linked to Lower Midlife BP Risk Mar. 9, 2025 — Higher levels of the minerals copper and manganese in pregnant women were associated ...

In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article published ...