Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward all grew up within a few streets of each other, a stone's throw from ...

A majestic “counterpoint” to the park’s namesake trees, the cave is welcoming visitors back after recovering from fire and storm damage.

Soil is the thin layer of material covering the earth’s surface and is formed from the weathering of rocks. It is made up mainly of mineral particles, organic materials, air, water and living ...

Days after covering Metallica in Denver, this writer found a different school of guitar-god thought seeing Phish at Boulder's Folsom Field.

There’s a magical little spot in southwestern Ohio where the hippies never left, the springs actually bubble yellow, and the local ice cream might just change your life philosophy. Yellow Springs ...

Metallica broke an attendance record in Denver with two sold-out shows, marking a new milestone for Empower Field at Mile ...

A tiny grain from asteroid Ryugu has revealed djerfisherite, a mineral that normally forms in scorching, oxygen-poor settings ...

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

A hidden box-lattice suggests groundwater sculpted Mars long after surface water fled; Curiosity’s drills aim to confirm the ...

With California’s Yosemite Valley far beneath him, Alex Honnold free solos— which means climbing without ropes or safety gear—up a crack on the 3,000-foot southwest face of El Capitan ...