Hackaday has a long-running series on Mining and Refining, that tracks elements of interest on the human-made road from rocks to riches. What author Dan Maloney doesn’t address in that series is the ...

Scientists have made a perplexing discovery in Greenland’s ice sheet that challenges our understanding of the region’s geology and its connection to Earth’s formative processes. The new evidence ...

In a new study, researchers from Trinity have unveiled that myriad, intricate factors influence the genesis and chemistry of bastnäsite and rare earth carbonates, which are critically needed for today ...

Stand on the edge of Arizona’s Grand Canyon or gaze upon the perfectly hexagonal columns of Giant’s Causeway, and you’ll witness something that challenges everything you thought you knew about how ...

New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early ...