While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical ...

Scientists have have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Chains of up to a dozen carbon atoms have been detected in what appears to have been an ancient lakebed on Mars, contributing ...

A research team linked nearby stellar explosions to at least one, possibly two, mass die-offs after calculating the supernova ...

Right: OH-defects in young (0.3 Gyr) Variscan granites are one order of magnitude higher than in old (0.9-1.8 Gyr) Proterozoic granites from Scandinavia . The OH-content is reflected in recent ...

The “quartz-monitor” research project investigates the intrinsic chemical variations of detrital monocrystalline quartz and inclusions (mineral and melt) as an innovative sediment provenance tool. The ...

New details have emerged surrounding the death of Bob Bryar, ex-drummer for New Jersey rock icons My Chemical Romance. Bryar, 44, was found dead at his Tennessee home in November. New details ...

Fortunately, the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which occurred over 5 million years ago, left behind sedimentary gypsum rocks that are nearly identical ... and preserves biological structures and chemical ...

Based on the Sm-Nd, U-Pb and Hf isotope data of siliciclastic rocks we state the following: the Sm-Nd isotope data from the lower glacial units and from the Bambuí Group show only one major ...

Their study is published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE. The Mussentuchit Member is a sedimentary rock layer that is part of Utah's Cedar Mountain Formation. Researchers have been digging at ...