Recent scientific investigations have revealed that a significant portion of Earth’s crust has disappeared over millions of ...

While the scientific fields of planetary geology and archaeology don’t initially seem like a natural pairing, their unique methodological and technological overlap provides scientists with a better ...

Mars has experienced multiple ice ages, with each one leaving less ice than the last. By studying craters that serve as “ice archives,” researchers traced how the red planet stored and lost its water ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Wiemann combines tools from chemistry, biology, and geology to explore ecological and evolutionary questions about life on ...

Ceres and Vesta, two of the largest bodies in the asteroid belt, offer contrasting yet complementary geological records that illuminate early Solar System processes. Ceres exhibits a diverse landscape ...

A planetary scientist shared new insights into the meteorite that crashed into a Georgia home in June. Speaking with Channel 2’s Linda Stouffer, R. Scott Harris, a planetary geologist, gave new ...

Recent explorations have fundamentally reshaped our understanding of the geological evolution of both Ceres and Vesta. Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt, exhibits a diverse ...