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More than a century ago prolific fossil collector Charles Sternberg discovered the skeleton of a duck-billed Edmontosaurus dinosaur in the sandstone rocks of the Lance Formation in eastern Wyoming.

New research published in Nature Astronomy seeks to understand how surface clay was formed on Mars despite its cold climate. The climate on early Mars has presented an enigma for planetary scientists ...

The search for life on Mars took a surprising downward turn yesterday. If life existed, it likely existed underground, reported Professor of Geological Sciences John Mustard in a study published in ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Planetary scientists from Brown University have proposed a new scenario for the formation of ancient clay minerals on Mars that, if shown to be true, could ...