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A weathered sign in the Minnesota River Valley proudly proclaims: “World’s Oldest Rock.” Erected in 1975, it marks a 3.8-billion-year-old gneiss — or so scientists thought.

A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s ... where scientists carry out an initial study of the minerals and chemistry of the rocks, will the samples ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the ... reveals how this complex forms in the Earth's mantle under specific pressure and temperature conditions ...

Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

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In minerals exploration, drilling is typically contracted out to specialized companies whose costs are largely defined by ...

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