Scientists and engineers don’t always dance to the beat of the same drum, especially when it comes to “hard rock” science — the study of intact, crystallized rocks on other planets, which may provide ...

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These metals are thought to form in the cores of large asteroids, suggesting that Phippsaksla did not originate on Mars but ...

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Chennai's pubs are transforming into lecture halls, bringing academic discussions to a wider audience. Events like 'Lecture ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks — plains of ...

I use moon and Mars rocks in my teaching and have a modest collection of meteorites. I marvel at the fact that I can hold in my hand something that is billions of years old from billions of miles away ...

There are about 6,000 different types of minerals, but only a couple hundred are gemstones. Learn more about these special minerals and how someone like you can find your own gemstone. Science Trek is ...

NASA does difficult, inspiring and ambitious things — and it does them, in the immortal words of President John F. Kennedy, because they are hard. NASA’s most ambitious planetary project yet is Mars ...