Scientists observed that all examined craters are situated within 30 degrees of the equator. This concentrated impact area, ...

The conclusions come from patterns tracked by scientists that point to several meteorite impacts through geological records.

A new 450-million-year-old arthropod fossil, Lomankus edgecombei, has been uncovered in New York, revealing crucial ...

A new study suggests that Earth might have had a ring system around 466 million years ago, potentially formed during a period of unusually intense meteorite impacts known as the Ordovician impact spik ...

When he saw the ripples encased within them, Jay Anderson knew there was something unique about the pieces of rock dislodged from a boulder in his Steele County gravel pit. Months later, those ripples ...

Walking along the Six Mile Creek there are rocks big and small glinting in the sunlight. You may think you’ve struck it rich before the gold stones disappointingly flake apart ...

Saturday, Nov. 2, at 10 a.m. at Lowe-Volk Park, 2401 State Route 598.

The 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders has been discovered preserved in 3D by fool’s gold. The new species has been called Lomankus edgecombei, and is distantly related to ...

“As well as having their beautiful and striking golden color, these fossils are spectacularly preserved,” study co-author and University of Oxford paleontologist Luke Parry said in a statement. “They ...

The 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders has been discovered preserved in 3D by fool’s gold. The new species has been called Lomankus edgecombei, and is distantly ...

Based on 260 hand specimen samples obtained from 18 sections and 1 borehole in the eastern Yangtze Block, petrographic observations reveal that the WJP Formation is composed of 11 rock types. Combined ...

This iconic body shape has remained virtually unchanged since the Ordovician period. Credit: Everglades National Park. Crocodilians — comprising crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials ...