Microbes - alive and thriving -- have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock beneath Earth's surface.

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Join us on this rockhounding adventure as we search for, collect, and break open Florida’s most beautiful agates.

The smallest fragments carry the biggest punchlines. Zofi shared this clip of the moment he tried to smash an open rock with another rock, expecting a strong strike of triumph. Instead, the plan ...

A geothermal company has landed a USD 38 million investment to deploy its new giant underground heat pump to harvest clean ...

A French tourist accidentally finds a 7.46-carat diamond at the Crater of Diamonds (Arkansas) on January 11, 2024, public.

Potentially the largest known source of niobium discovered in central Australia formed 830 million years ago, and we can thank the breakup of the ancient supercontinent Rodinia.