The Earth’s ancient continents were not fixed but drifted slowly over millions of years. This movement reshaped oceans and mountain ranges. By studying magnetic minerals in rocks, scientists can trace ...

"This is why they want to shut down parks." Video of tourist's unbelievable actions on edge of rock formation at national park sparks fury online: 'Entitlement in the wild' first appeared on The Cool ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: David Hutt via Alamy An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson ...

An astonishing new rock formation has been revealed in the Colorado Rockies, and it exists in a deeply perplexing relationship with older rocks. Named the Tava sandstone, this sedimentary rock forms ...

After an interstellar asteroid shot past the sun, scientists realized that there’s probably a lot of itinerant rocks out there. Those stones are changing what we know about the birth of solar systems.

Earth and the planetary object that gave rise to the Moon were likely born in the same region of the solar system.

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The rock cycle naturally takes thousands to millions of years, but scientists just identified a new form of rock that cements in under four decades. Researchers believe the natural cements found in ...