The Eye of Sahara (Richat Structure) is a 40km geological dome in Mauritania, formed by uplift and erosion. It is visible from space and rich in archaeological finds.

The ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and NASA's Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit (Johnson Space Center) collaborate ...

About two hours north of Allentown, the Watchung Mountains represent a very unique, if not explosive, New Jersey setting.

Daniel Woodrell, a novelist known for prose as rugged and elemental as the igneous rock of the Ozark Mountains, his ...

The Perseverance rover has stumbled onto a Martian rock that looks nothing like the weathered stones around it, a solitary ...

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This photograph, taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station on September 13, 2025, shows the massif casting long shadows across the desert.

In Eagle County, many of us spend our time looking up toward mountain peaks, sunsets, or circling hawks, but some of the most fascinating parts of Colorado’s story lie beneath our feet. Rocks are ...

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A LARGE amount of research materials have been donated to Société Jersiaise by a renowned geologist to help assist future studies into the Island’s rock formations. Geologist Dr Stan Salmon, whose ...

Deep in Central Oregon lies a short yet unnervingly narrow lava‑tube hike full of basalt corridors and tight passages where ...

Stunning concentric rings in Libya's Sahara Desert, Jabal Arkanū, were formed by ancient volcanic activity and millions of ...