Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.

Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...

The Rock Cycle is Earth's great recycling process where igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks can all be derived from and form one another. Analogous to recycling a Coke can, where an old can ...

According to a study, white-coloured meteorites made of sedimentary rocks on Earth can help in establishing the proof of life on Mars. LONDON: Sedimentary rocks have long been thought to be the most ...

There are three types of rock found on Earth. These are igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Each rock type is formed in a different way. For example, the rock malachite is mostly made of the ...

The CU Museum is closed until January 8, 2026. During this time, collection visits will be available by appointment and other special access requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please ...

Say an EKG machine is monitoring your heart, when it suddenly flatlines. You'd be keenly interested to know whether your heart had stopped or the machine had simply gone on the fritz. Paleontologists ...

The Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain west of Morocco, spreads more than 300 miles across the Atlantic in an archipelago akin to Hawaii. Like the Aloha State, the Canaries were born ...

Where should scientists hunt for evidence of Martian life? On Earth, at least, they should scout for white-coloured meteorites made of sedimentary rock, a new study suggests. Two rocks dropped from ...

(CNN) -- Scientists looking at satellite images of Mars have detected evidence of sedimentary rock dating back billions of years, suggesting that the planet once teemed with large lakes. If Mars ...

What kid hasn’t had some sort of rock collection? Discovering hidden gems is always a treat. Western Colorado is perfect for exploring geology with your kids. Look around — there is evidence of eons ...