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

Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

What FACTS ABOUT ROCKS do you know? They are abundant on earth, and yet little is known about them. These facts will increase your knowledge of the rocks.

The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.

Scientists discovered that rocks could be timepieces -- literally. Many chemical elements in rock exist in a number of slightly different forms, known as isotopes. Certain isotopes are unstable ...

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...

The finding, reported in the science journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, is significant because the data reported by the ...

Weathering is the mechanical and chemical hammer that breaks down and sculpts the rocks. Erosion transports the fragments away. Working together they create and reveal marvels of nature from ...

When you place Pop Rocks ® in water, the sugar coating dissolves in water, and the gas and pressure are released. This also makes a popping noise, and leaves behind the sugar molecules. You might ...