Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mining exploration companies collect core samples like these ones to determine if an area is rich with mineral deposits. (Jeff ...

Core samples taken in the African Rift Valley could help to clarify how past climate change is connected to human history and evolution. An international collaboration of researchers led by several UA ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists using an ocean drilling vessel have dug the deepest hole ever in rock from Earth's mantle - penetrating 4,160 feet (1,268 meters) below the Atlantic seabed - and ...

NASA is celebrating confirmation via data it received from its Perseverance Rover that indicates it has completed the collection of its first rock core sample on Mars. Data was received from the rover ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville's Metropolitan Sewer District provided a glimpse Thursday of what life was like hundreds of millions of years ago. The Kentucky Geological Survey accepted 2 tons ...

Scientists have drilled 1.7 miles deep into Antarctica, pulling up an ice core sample that dates back at least 1.2 million years. They expect the sample to offer new insights into the evolution of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crews plan to collect core samples at Chilhowee Park this week as part of a study meant to address flooding, the city of Knoxville ...