Where is the impactor?” The question, raised during a planetary science lecture back in 2019, struck a chord with ...

Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Simone Marchi collaborated on a new study finding the first geophysically plausible scenario to explain the abundance of certain precious metals — including gold and ...

“Water changes everything about the way a planet works.” With those words, Graham Pearson, a foremost expert on deep Earth minerals, conveyed the scale of a breakthrough that is revolutionizing our ...

A new geological model revolutionizes a century of theories: a rigid wedge of mantle keeps the Himalayas standing.