Far beneath the creaking surface of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, scientists have uncovered a granite body roughly 60 miles ...

British Antarctic Survey researchers identified a massive buried granite body beneath West Antarctica, explaining pink ...

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 ...

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) ...

Scientists have discovered a large, radioactive granite formation underneath the surface of the far side of the Moon — and according to a new paper, this unexpected rock formation might offer ...

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 ...

Two unique types of granite formed far from each other before colliding in the Cascades. Towering walls of granite stand sentinel over Highway 20 at Washington Pass deep in the North Cascades. The ...

I’ve been thinking about granite a lot recently; primarily because we have been covering plate tectonics in my AP Environmental Science class. Granite figures prominently in this discussion because ...

I’ve been thinking about granite a lot recently; primarily because we have been covering plate tectonics in my AP Environmental Science class. Granite figures prominently in this discussion because ...