Scientists have uncovered evidence that a newly identified niobium-rich deposit in central Australia formed during the early ...

Meteorite NWA 16788 is one of the rarest types of space rock on Earth Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like ...

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Rare rocks buried deep beneath central Australia have revealed the origins of one of the world’s most promising new deposits of niobium — a metal vital for producing high-strength steel and clean ...

Scientists have uncovered the "genetic fingerprint" of the dinosaur-killing Chicxulub impactor, potentially revealing the fateful rock's origins in the outer reaches of our solar system. When you ...

An extraordinary discovery has recently shaken the world of science. An uncommon isotope, previously unknown to our realm of understanding, has been found within an ancient rock. The properties of ...

One recent morning near the mouth of a canyon in southwest Colorado Springs, Christine Siddoway placed a few peculiar rocks in a parking lot and a dozen strangers gathered around. “That’s pretty,” one ...

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A thin slice of the ancient rocks collected from Gakkel Ridge near the North Pole, photographed under a microscope and seen under cross-polarized light. Credit: E. Cottrell, Smithsonian. If you’re ...

Meteorite NWA 16788 is one of the rarest types of space rock on Earth The largest rock from Mars ever found on Earth is going up for auction at Sotheby’s on July 16 The meteorite, known as NWA 16788, ...

The largest rock from Mars ever found on Earth is going up for auction at Sotheby’s on July 16 The meteorite, known as NWA 16788, weighs about 54 lbs. and is approximately 15 inches at its widest ...