A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Great Falls on Thursday, briefly rattling residents and raising questions about why earthquakes occur in the region.

The Perseverance rover is continuing its mission to find clues about the geological past of Mars. The rover’s main goals are ...

The North American craton actually dips near the Rockies rather than forming a sharp vertical step as previously believed.

For decades, the search for a truly inexhaustible energy source has been more science fiction than policy plan. That is ...

Here's why the astronauts have brushed up on lunar geology, even though they won't land.

The findings are a big clue as to why the far and near hemispheres of the moon look so different.

Michigan occupies a quiet corner of the North American craton, a geologically stable area that has remained relatively calm ...

For decades, Jupiter’s moon Europa has been cast as one of the solar system’s best bets for alien life, a world with a global ocean hidden beneath ice. New modeling now suggests that this ocean may ...

The newly identified deposit in Western Australia’s Pilbara is being hailed as the largest iron ore formation ever discovered, with estimates suggesting it contains around 55 billion metric tons of ...

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

How can scientists estimate the pH level of Enceladus' subsurface ocean without landing on its surface? This is what a study ...

Europa’s subsurface ocean might be getting fed after all. Scientists found that salty, nutrient-rich surface ice can become ...