Swimming holes are nature’s version of a reward system. They are rarely easy to reach, often hidden, and never accidental.

MOAB, Utah – There is a 3,600-ton rock falling very, very slowly outside Moab, Utah. Arches National Park is filled with ...

Ancient granite boulders reveal a vast hidden structure beneath Pine Island Glacier, reshaping understanding of Antarctic ice flow. Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of th ...

A record-breaking asteroid has been discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory just seven days after it began its observations. Based on this performance result, scientists and astronomers can expect ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Standing tall in the Pacific, these rocks on Oregon’s coast seem carved by time. Trump proposes new monument near Lincoln Memorial How does Pittsburgh have 20,000 vacant homes -- and a housing ...

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is home to some of the steepest cliffs, oldest rock, and craggiest spires in North America. The Gunnison River and the forces of weathering have sculpted ...

Geology Exploration and Development Research Institute, CNPC Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Co., Chengdu, China The largest carbonate gas field in China has been discovered in the Cambrian-Ediacaran ...

Balin Miller, a noted mountain and rock climber, fell to his death this week at the El Capitan rock formation in California's Yosemite National Park, his mother said. The 23-year-old's death was ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has delivered its most compelling clue yet in the search for life on Mars. A rock sample called “Sapphire Canyon,” taken from the Bright Angel formation in Jezero Crater, ...

There’s a saying in mine country, the kind that sometimes shows up on bumper stickers: “If it can’t be grown, it has to be mined.” Before mining can ever start, though, there has to be ore in the ...