Geology

4.7 Magnitude Quake in California

March 11, 2013, 3:48 pm

A 4.7 Magnitude quake was one of three in California on the anniversary of the Fukushima disaster.

Moon Mining a Step Closer With New Lunar Soil Simulant

February 28, 2013, 2:07 pm

Australian researchers have developed a substance that looks and behaves like soil from the moon’s surface and can be mixed with polymers to create ‘lunar concrete’.

Grand Canyon Carved Out in Dinosaur Days?

November 29, 2012, 4:00 pm

The Grand Canyon may have been around during the time of the dinosaurs, which is much older than scientists previously thought.

Photo Tags Provide Edge for Finding Fossils

November 23, 2012, 2:00 pm

Fossil hunters can now use artificial intelligence to look for rich sites with a new method that saves time and helps take luck out of the equation.

Curiosity Rover Ingests Shiny Object on Mars

October 19, 2012, 6:12 pm

NASA’s Curiosity “ingested its first solid sample” of soil on Mars for analysis, the U.S. space agency said Thursday.

Solar Wind May Produce Water Ice on Moon

October 15, 2012, 5:15 pm

Water trapped inside lunar soils probably comes from the solar wind—the steady stream of charged particles from the sun.

Diamond-Rich Exoplanet Double Earth’s Size

October 11, 2012, 9:55 pm

A recently discovered super-Earth orbiting a nearby star may be at least one-third diamond.

Itokawa Asteroid Dust to Shed Light on Earth’s Formation

October 4, 2012, 7:00 pm

For the first time in history, dust grains captured from an asteroid in space are now being analyzed back on Earth to yield insights into how these space rocks develop.

Eltanin Asteroid Could Have Triggered Ice Age

September 22, 2012, 6:29 am

A huge asteroid strike about 2.5 million years ago in the South Pacific could have caused a mega-tsunami and even changed the Earth’s climate, according to a new Australian study.

‘Footprint of God’ May Have Been Made by Giant (Video)

September 14, 2012, 8:29 pm

A little known granite marking located in the Eastern Transvaal, South Africa, could provide evidence that giants once roamed the Earth.