Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

Researchers in Australia found the crater in Western Australia's Pilbara region and believe it's the oldest impact crater in ...

For years, social media users have shared images and videos they claimed show Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological ...

At 2.5 billion years old and weighing in at 2.5 tonnes, the banded iron formation is so heavy that Museum engineers had to reinforce the floor underneath it in Hintze Hall. 'The rock tells a ...

Two large rock formations located beneath the Pacific Ocean and Africa may have the potential to disturb Earth’s magnetic field, according to new research. These formations appear to have different ...

"Exceptionally preserved" shatter cones – that is, cone-shaped fractures found in rocks that have ... even contributed to the formation of cratons, which are large, stable landmasses that ...