The proposed Berryessa-Snow Mountain National Monument region provides unparalleled access to geologic features associated with an ancient tectonic system where one plate descended beneath another.

NASA has released aglobal color map of the dwarf planet Ceres showing the highs and lowsof topography on the rocky body's surface. The new map comes with newofficial names for many of the craters and ...

Researchers at Canada’s University of Regina are studying how uranium deposits in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin formed more than 1.5 billion years ago to help figure out the best places to look for ...

Want to take a stroll and learn about the wildlife around you at the same time? A new sign at the Greensprings Interpretive Trail has you covered. A new interactive sign that offers information on ...

Hydrogen-producing hydrothermal systems in the deep ocean are rare but critical to understanding Earth's internal processes and the conditions that may have fostered life's origins. Now scientists ...

Scientists at the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute (PSI) have found further evidence for the large role that water has likely played in shaping the Martian landscape. Their results, which will ...

One of Utah's most well-known geological features has collapsed. The Double Arch, which has also been known as the "Toilet Bowl," "Crescent Pool," and the "Hole in the Roof," was formed within ...

A study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal "megaflood" refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the Mediterranean was a vast expanse of salt flats. The research ...