The partial vertebra appeared inside a 2.5-inch-diameter column of rock that researchers drilled, earning the title of the ...

What are the odds of drilling a two-inch hole and hitting a 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur bone over 760 feet below a museum parking lot? Statistically speaking, it’s nearly impossible. As Denver ...

As for the possibility of uncovering more fossils beneath the parking lot, Hagadorn noted the practical limitations. "I would love to dig a 763-foot (233-meter) hole in the parking lot to excavate ...

The project contributes to Canada's Critical Minerals Strategy and aligns with priorities around economic development, Arctic security, Indigenous partnership and nation-building infrastructure.

Paul Hanson (left), a UNL geology professor, and Erik J. Waiss, a state environmental specialist, take a closer look at a core sample dug from deep underground at Glacial Till Vineyard and Winery ...

This sample, which is more than six times longer than the previous core of mantle rock, has given us a glimpse into the composition of this mostly inaccessible layer of the Earth. You can read ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

Geology New evidence for gigantic superplume tearing Africa apart. ... Core samples of mantle rocks aboard the JOIDES Resolution during IODP Expedition 399 (left).

Western Australian Mines and Petroleum Minister David Michael on Tuesday unveiled a next-generation spectral scanner set to ...

Earth Record-breaking drill core reaches 1.2 kilometres into Earth's mantle. A scientific drilling ship has burrowed further into Earth’s mantle than ever before, obtaining new clues about the ...