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

Some of the unusual rocks carry stories about water on Mars. One has hints of long-gone microbes. All tell of a dynamic, complex planet.

While the ability to pull enough minerals from these sources to power the energy transition is still a long way off, ...

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

Fluorescent cave minerals are helping scientists explore how life could survive in harsh places like Europa. Far beneath ...

A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support.

Deep below Earth's surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the ...

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

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Southern Nevada teachers spend part of spring break learning about mining, earth science. Read more from The Nevada ...

That’s why the rover is collecting rocks and carefully preserving them in sample tubes that NASA hopes to collect within the next decade to bring back to Earth. Perseverance isn't the only rover ...

STEM-ology, a monthly series of themed science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) events for all ages, continues in April at the University of Wyoming, with events including Toddler ...