How Do Paleontologists Accurately Date Prehistoric Fossils? The Clues Hide in Surrounding Rocks.

You’ve heard of carbon dating, but it’s not used for dinosaur fossils. Find out what methods scientists use to determine the ...
MassLive

Here’s what a Beatles song and a fossil have to do with a NASA mission to study asteroids

Instead of picturing yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies, picture a spacecraft approaching a series of asteroids trapped by Jupiter’s gravity. On Sunday, April 20, ...

Museum fossils go to space

The recent launch of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket marked several historic milestones. The 21-year-old crew member Karsen ...

How Do Scientists Really Date Prehistoric Fossils? Surrounding Rocks Hold the Clues.

Step aside, carbon dating. Paleontologists date fossils based on the clues in the rocks surrounding them. When paleontologists dig up a fossil from the ground, how do they figure out the age of the ...
Phys.org

Scientists could be accidentally damaging fossils with a method we thought was safe

Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of millions of years ago. Studying fossils can help us understand the evolution ...