Most people only ever encounter rubidium as the purple color in fireworks, but the obscure metal has helped two University of Chicago scientists propose a theory of how the moon may have formed.

While many rocks don’t burn, some of them do. It depends on what the rocks are made of – and that’s related to how they were formed. Rocks that burn when they get heated up are combusting. This means ...

Geologists have shed light on how silica-rich rocks, called the Wolf crater complex, formed in the southern hemisphere on the near side of the Moon 1. The silicic rocks formed in the lunar crust, the ...

While many rocks don’t burn, some of them do. It depends on what the rocks are made of – and that’s related to how they were formed. Rocks that burn when they get heated up are combusting. This means ...

THIS book is the English version of the first volume of a comprehensive treatise on useful minerals and rocks by three authors who are collectively well qualified to deal with the subject, both from ...

We often talk about climate change, melting glaciers, or strange landforms. But we rarely think about something that’s always around us– rocks. They don’t make the news, but they’re everywhere. We ...

Researchers have shed new light on the formation of increasingly precious rare earth elements (REEs) by creating synthetic rocks and testing their responses to varying environmental conditions. REEs ...

Millions of gigantic space rocks could be traveling the galaxy, eventually reaching new star systems where they settle down to help form planets. At least, that’s the gist of a new scientific paper ...

One team of scientists thinks ancient rocks discovered in northern Canada give us a window onto the planet's infancy and the birth of life itself. Another team thinks they're not that special The ...

In China's Guizhou province, smooth oval stones emerge from cliff faces, a geological phenomenon locals call "egg stones." Scientifically known as concretions, these form over millions of years as ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When animals, plants and other organisms die, they typically decay completely. But sometimes, ...