Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key ...

The history of life on our planet is a long and winding path. Much of what we know about how life has evolved comes from fossils. The physical remains of organisms and the evidence of behaviors, such ...

Map showing prospectivity of geologic hydrogen in the conterminous United States. USGS. Why This Matters. As global energy systems pivot toward decarbonization, hydrogen is emerging as a key ...

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters ...

The U.S. Geological Survey is planning some low-level flights over parts of New England, including Connecticut, to collect images of geology in the region. Part of the goal is to minimize the use ...

Scientists combined 15 separate maps into one Vesta uber-map, which shows that meteorites have pummeled the asteroid since its formation about 10 million years after the birth of the solar system.

In the most comprehensive lunar map yet, the moon looks like it’s been playing paintball. Each splash of color identifies a discrete rock or sediment formation, including craters, basins and ...

More than 400 years after Galileo's discovery of Io, the innermost of Jupiter's largest moons, a team of scientists has produced the first complete global geologic map of the Jovian satellite.

She has been leading geology trips ever since then. In 2005, Bartz helped publish Dibblee’s maps, and dedicates her work to his memory. Thomas grew up in Germany where she earned a Ph.D. in geology.

Scientists at the USGS created the most comprehensive geologic moon map of all time. (Image credit: NASA/GSFC/USGS) "People have always been fascinated by the moon and when we might return," Jim ...

Part of the Apollo 11 landing site geologic map published in 1970 at a scale of 1:25,000. The stripey background is an artefact of the photographic strips used as the base map.