Geophysical Sciences

Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid View of a circular opening with a pile of jagged grey rocks

Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid

Why did Mars dry out? New study points to unusual answers Overhead view of large formation with a dry riverbed cutting through center

Why did Mars dry out? New study points to unusual answers

UChicago scientists assemble largest-ever family tree for primates Monkey

UChicago scientists assemble largest-ever family tree for primates

Lasers, 3D printing reveal how the ground shakes following earthquakes Sunyoung Park

Lasers, 3D printing reveal how the ground shakes following earthquakes

Beads of glass in meteorites help scientists piece together how solar system formed Carbonaceous chondrite Allende Meteorite

Beads of glass in meteorites help scientists piece together how solar system formed

Clam fossils help scientists find errors in evolutionary tree calculations Clam shells

Clam fossils help scientists find errors in evolutionary tree calculations

Scientists find strange black ‘superionic ice’ that could exist inside other planets A beamline setup at GSECARS, sector 13, Advance Photon Sources, Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists find strange black ‘superionic ice’ that could exist inside other planets

Victor Barcilon, applied mathematician and geophysical scientist, 1939–2020 Victor Barcilon standing in front of a blackboard in 1980

Victor Barcilon, applied mathematician and geophysical scientist, 1939–2020

Icy clouds could have kept early Mars warm enough for rivers and lakes, study finds Illustration of Mars Perseverance

Icy clouds could have kept early Mars warm enough for rivers and lakes, study finds

Earth’s building blocks formed during the solar system’s first million years, study finds Artist illustration of a bright star surrounded by rings of slowly differentiating material

Earth’s building blocks formed during the solar system’s first million years, study finds