Archaeologists have discovered a 10,000-year-old site with rock art in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the country's Ministry of ...

If you’ve ever studied geography, looked at fossils in a museum, or even looked up at a craggy cliffside or a steep mountain, you’ll know that rocks usually take millions of years to form. However, ...

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 ...

On a remote rocky outcropping in northern Canada, scientists have found further confirmation that the area hosts some of the world’s oldest rocks (Science 2025, DOI: 10.1126/science.ads8461). The ...

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 streaked gray ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook NASA currently has a few missions going at Mars, and one of them recently captured a photo that ...

A rock formation in the Mississippi River normally only reachable by boat is accessible by foot for the second year in a row as water levels plummet. Tower Rock juts out of the Mississippi River in ...

Tall rock formations stand firmly in the open sea, shaped by waves and time. Surrounded by clear blue water, these coastal ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

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 ...