In July 2020, a young female climber was trapped in a vicious rockfall in the “Corridor of Death” on Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak. The Estonian woman was pinned on the steep, open gully, halfway along a narrow path that traverses it. She was balled up tight in a fetal position, her backpack shielding her […]
Washington DC After a months-long climb up the side of a crater on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally emerged on its rim — and now faces a 4-billion-year-old landscape never before explored on the red planet. Flying Mars rocks to Earth could cost an astronomical $11 billion “These are amongst the oldest rocks in […]
The far-reaching science of geology covers everything from ancient fossils to the precious minerals beneath our feet. At Live Science, we deliver geology discoveries that absolutely rock and help you to understand the makeup of our planet. Whether you want to know how to tell the difference between geologic ages, why Earth has a new […]
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT 22 November 2024 The only continent where amber had not been found no longer has that distinction, thanks to a sediment core drilled just offshore.
While it can’t be credited with winning the Los Angeles Dodgers their eighth World Series championship, baseball’s “magic mud” is the stuff of lore. Each Major League Baseball (MLB) team’s equipment manager applies it to every game ball. It improves the grip on the ball, can dull the shine on a new ball, and keep […]
Pluto is probably best known for being a demoted planet. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union stripped it of its original classification, after narrowing the definition of a planet to be one that clears its orbit with its gravitational heft. Pluto doesn’t meet this membership criterion because its orbit is peppered with other icy bodies […]
