Geology in the News

Links provided by Harold Tuchfeld, Ken Rock, Rod Nenner, Marion Le Voyer, Andrea Lubawy

“The Last Day of Pompeii,” a 19th-century painting by the Russian artist Karl Bryullov. Photo credit: World History Archive/Alamy

3/18/2025: Nasa releases first high-def images of sunset on the moon

3/7/2025: Oldest Known Impact Crater Discovered in Australia

3/6/2025: Video shows 'lavanado' erupt at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano: 'Biggest one I've seen'

3/5/2025: Unburied treasure: Rover researchers find unexpected minerals on Mars that hint at possibility of ancient life

3/4/2025: World’s Oldest Asteroid Crater Found in Australia

3/3/2025: Vesuvius Erupted, but When Exactly?

2/28/2025: Archaeologists Discovered a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Gold Mine—and Another World Around It

2/24/2025: Diamonds in full color: Smithsonian unveils rainbow gem collection with rare red star

1/29/2025: This February, Meet the Women Transforming Science at the National Museum of Natural History