For decades, geologists have hypothesized that Yosemite Valley was shaped by a combination of natural forces, including tectonic uplift, water erosion, and glaciation. However, a ...

Traveling from Iceland to Yorkshire, a Vermonter explores how landscapes shaped by stone reveal deeper truths about culture, climate, and our place in nature.

A new study led by University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado Boulder ...

A new telescope project called the Next-Generation Very Large Array will revolutionize radio astronomy if it gets the funding ...

The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, each of which looks ...

Fishers Canyon Open Space was initially acquired by the city in two phases, dating back to November of 2021 and March of 2022 ...

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What captivates visitors most about this region is what's on or under the ground, from its otherworldly landscape to numerous ...

From the country's deepest canyon to sacred volcanic towers in the sky, these rock formations are as mesmerizing as they are ...

Historical accounts and studies of ancient volcanic rocks show that times of volcanic ... and molten lava spills across the landscape. And in recent years, several sheets of magma ascended toward ...

Though most of the remnants are submerged, the granite in Kowloon and the rock pillars in ... link and source of these landscape features,” Tang said. The hexagonal volcanic pillars covering ...

His establishment, Bar La Piscina, has a plum location overlooking a natural seawater swimming pool — loosely walled in by volcanic rocks and ... by using the landscape as a palette for his ...