Michelle Thompson is a geologist. But while “geo” means earth, she studies things that are decidedly unearthly, or at least extraterrestrial: the moon and asteroids. “I study space weathering: how ...

Hidden geological basement under eastern US poses risk to infrastructure ...

In a surprising twist to the quest for sustainable energy, researchers have discovered that rocks could hold the key to the next generation of solar energy storage, as per a press release. A team of ...

Soapstone and granite, rocks formed under high heat, are being considered as thermal energy storage (TES) materials for concentrated solar power systems. An analysis of rock samples from Tanzania ...

China's new moon-rock treasure trove may be a billion years younger than the material the Apollo program brought home decades ago, according to new research. All told, in December, China's Chang'e 5 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Samples from asteroid Itokawa collected by a Japanese space probe suggest that Earth's water may ...

About a decade ago, we were surprised to discover that there’s a fair amount of water on the surface of the Moon. Given that the Moon has no atmosphere and receives enough solar radiation to boil any ...