A large formation of granite discovered below the lunar surface likely was formed from the cooling of molten lava that fed a volcano or volcanoes that erupted early in the Moon's history -- as long as ...

A recent discovery shows that the moon's far side was volcanically active. A team of geologists found a large granite deposit beneath a long-extinct lunar volcano, supporting the theory that the ...

Yosemite looked very different one hundred million years ago. Towering volcanoes existed here then making up a vast mountain chain similar to the modern Andes Mountains in South America. Deep beneath ...

University of Wyoming researchers Davin Bagdonas and Carol Frost make observations on Lankin Dome, part of the Wyoming batholith, in central Wyoming’s Granite Mountains. (Myron Allen Photo) ...

MARBLE FALLS -- Somebody's always messing with Texas. Historians said the Yellow Rose of Texas was not a reference to the flora of San Jacinto, then they said William Travis probably didn't really ...

Do you know Which U.S. State is Known as the 'Granite State'? This New England state earned its nickname because of the vast granite formations. These formations dominate the landscape of the state ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Yosemite National Park might not seem like an ideal winter destination, particularly if you’re from a part of the country where you’d like to trade in road salt for ...

The easternmost portion of the granite of the Mesabi Range, Minnesota, was regarded by C. K. Leith as intrusive in the Animikian iron formation, and mapped as Embarras granite. Obervations in the ...