Little is known to date about the processes governing natural acid rock drainage (NARD) generated by rock glaciers. We used paragneiss samples from a catchment with NARD generated by a rock glacier in ...

Marvel over NASA’s Mars rock collection. Each of these rock samples was selected by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover team with the intention of returning them to scientific labs on Earth for ...

The first ever samples of soil and rock collected from the far side of the moon has revealed more recent lunar volcanic activity than expected, according to studies published in two journals last ...

China is another step closer to bringing the first pieces of the red planet back to Earth with the development of a lightweight device to capture Martian rock samples in orbit. Weighing just 12kg ...

Samples from the initial discovery in 2023 measured 60.5% and 2.1% Sb (ASX Announcement: 10 October 2023). The Stibium occurrence is hosted in quartz diorite intrusive rocks and hornfels ...

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Map identifies Mare Orientale’s original impact melt for precise dating Could reveal Earth’s early history through lunar impact analysis Helps guide future moon sample-return missions to key locations ...

China is on course to retrieve a can containing Martian rock samples and bring it back to Earth. Its grand plans include a lightweight device that will capture Martian rock samples in orbit.

Chinese researchers have had their first look at rock samples brought back from the far side of the Moon by its Chang’e-6 mission. The mission was China’s second excursion to the Moon’s far ...

With a keen awareness of what lies on both ends of the spectrum of human kindness and cruelty, 2024’s best music documented ...

Scientists examining a rock sample from outer space thought they’d hit the jackpot recently when they discovered that it was teeming with life. But they soon learned that the microbes actually ...