Kuska covers 105 sq. km. of the Ollagüe Salar, which represents one of the first six locations earmarked by the Chilean ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

and minerals and rocks affect landform development and form natural resources such as gold, tin, iron, marble, and granite. Silicates—including quartz, mica, olivine, and precious minerals such ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

If the scientists could very precisely measure the proportions of lutetium and halfnium in moon rocks compared to other ...

Primary minerals form at elevated temperatures from cooling magma during the original solidification of rock or during metamorphism, and they are usually derived from igneous and metamorphic rocks ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed that Ukraine supply rare earth minerals to the U.S. in exchange for financial support in its war efforts against Russia. This move highlights the strategic ...