"This float rock uniquely contrasts the surrounding light-toned outcrop with its dark tone and angular surface, and it ...

"Alternatively, 'Skull Hill' could be an igneous rock eroded from a nearby outcrop or ejected from an impact crater. On Earth and Mars, iron and magnesium are some of the main contributors to ...

NASA’s Mars rover is on the trail of a geological mystery in the Jezero crater. While exploring an area known as Witch Hazel ...

UNIFORM with the “Rock Minerals” of the same author, now in its second edition, the work which Prof. Iddings has now completed will take an assured place as the fullest and most comprehensive ...

Quantitative Classification of Igneous Rocks Based on Chemical and Mineral Characters, with a Systematic Nomenclature. By Whitman Cross Joseph P. Iddings Louis V. Pirsson Henry S. Washington ...

Alternatively, NASA speculated that "Skull Hill" could be an igneous rock, potentially eroded from a nearby outcrop or ejected from an impact event. Interestingly, the team observed that the color ...

Because these crater floor samples came from igneous rocks forged in lava flows, they can help scientists understand the chemical composition of Mars’s interior, Wadhwa points out. That could ...

Mars attracts attention in an odd way. This time, it has to do with a skull-shaped rock rather than cold poles or old rivers. This image from NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover, taken by the Mastcam ...

A separate theory suggests that the rock formation could be an igneous rock which was formed when lava or magma cooled down millions, or possibly billions, of years ago. Ms Dean explained that t ...

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Rock Burger in Cheektowaga is calling on local artists to paint a mural for their restaurant. The gourmet burger joint said they are hoping to hire an artist to commission a ...