Researchers say they might have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth. The rocks in question are a belt of swirly, stripe-covered rocks found in the northeastern reaches of Canada. These rocks appear ...

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

Deep beneath Earth’s surface, hot mantle rock slowly rises, fueling massive volcanic activity, tearing continents apart, and ...

Sedimentary rock is comprised of sediment, as the name suggests. Over time, tiny minerals, sand, rocks, and debris layer on ...

Natural cement found in industrial waste reacts with ocean water to form rocks in just 35 years, instead of millions.

Industrial waste can turn into rock in as little as 35 years, new research reveals, instead of the thousands or millions of years previously assumed. The finding challenges what scientists know about ...

A groundbreaking discovery by NASA’s Curiosity Rover, featuring a surprisingly rare mineral called siderite, is not only ...

Rock record illuminates oxygen history Date: May 29, 2025 Source: Syracuse University Summary: A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million ...

The research, which documents a so-called "rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle," has been reported in the journal Geology. This rock cycle seems to mimic the natural processes of rock formation, but ...

Thanks to a coin and a drinks can tab, researchers from the University of Glasgow’s School of Geographical and Earth Sciences discovered a new type of rock in West Cumbria, England, which has ...

INDUSTRIAL waste is turning into rock in decades, much faster than the millions of years it is thought to take for it to form naturally, research has shown.

An aluminium tab from a drinks can found encased in a new form of rock on the Cumbrian coastline has helped provide scientists with a shocking new insight into the impact of human activity on the ...