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People Are Confused Why You Really Shouldn't Stack Rocks Whilst Hiking, Nor Touch Them If You Find ThemA stack of rocks at Canyonlands National Park.

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People Are Confused Why You Really Shouldn't Stack Rocks Whilst Hiking, Nor Touch Them If You Find ThemA stack of rocks at Canyonlands National Park.
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People Are Confused Why You Really Shouldn't Stack Rocks Whilst Hiking, Nor Touch Them If You Find Them

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In Death Valley, 320-Kilogram “Sailing Stones” Appear To Move All By Themselves, Leaving Behind Mysterious Engraved TrailsVast playa, with a rock that has left a trail in the dried mud

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In Death Valley, 320-Kilogram “Sailing Stones” Appear To Move All By Themselves, Leaving Behind Mysterious Engraved TrailsVast playa, with a rock that has left a trail in the dried mud
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In Death Valley, 320-Kilogram “Sailing Stones” Appear To Move All By Themselves, Leaving Behind Mysterious Engraved Trails

clock-iconApril 30, 2026

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Unexpected Pink Boulders Found On Antarctic Mountain Peaks Reveal A Hidden Deep World BelowA pink granite boulder next to a yellow notebook for scale.

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Unexpected Pink Boulders Found On Antarctic Mountain Peaks Reveal A Hidden Deep World BelowA pink granite boulder next to a yellow notebook for scale.
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Unexpected Pink Boulders Found On Antarctic Mountain Peaks Reveal A Hidden Deep World Below

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What's The Biggest Rock In The World?Uluru, also one of the world's most photogenic rocks, is located in Northern Territory, Australia.

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What's The Biggest Rock In The World?Uluru, also one of the world's most photogenic rocks, is located in Northern Territory, Australia.
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What's The Biggest Rock In The World?

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What's The Moon Made Of?image of the Moon capture on Feb 25, 2021

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What's The Moon Made Of?image of the Moon capture on Feb 25, 2021
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What's The Moon Made Of?

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Earth’s Passage Through The Galaxy Might Be Written In Its RocksFrom the outside the Milky Way probably looks a lot like M81 seen here, but we may need to look down to map it properly

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Earth’s Passage Through The Galaxy Might Be Written In Its RocksFrom the outside the Milky Way probably looks a lot like M81 seen here, but we may need to look down to map it properly
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Earth’s Passage Through The Galaxy Might Be Written In Its Rocks

clock-iconSeptember 17, 2025

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There Are 2-Billion-Year-Old "Millennium Rocks" In A Suburb, Hundreds Of Miles From Their Primeval HomeBromley Millennium rock in Anerley's Betts Park, London Borough of Bromley.

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There Are 2-Billion-Year-Old "Millennium Rocks" In A Suburb, Hundreds Of Miles From Their Primeval HomeBromley Millennium rock in Anerley's Betts Park, London Borough of Bromley.
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There Are 2-Billion-Year-Old "Millennium Rocks" In A Suburb, Hundreds Of Miles From Their Primeval Home

clock-iconSeptember 10, 2025

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Alligators Eat Rocks For An Incredibly Smart ReasonAn American alligator walking across a road.

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Alligators Eat Rocks For An Incredibly Smart ReasonAn American alligator walking across a road.
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Alligators Eat Rocks For An Incredibly Smart Reason

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New Claim For World's Oldest Rocks Dates Back A Whopping 4.16 Billion YearsOutcrop picture of the 4.16 billion years old metagabbroic rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada

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New Claim For World's Oldest Rocks Dates Back A Whopping 4.16 Billion YearsOutcrop picture of the 4.16 billion years old metagabbroic rocks from the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
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New Claim For World's Oldest Rocks Dates Back A Whopping 4.16 Billion Years

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The Strange "Egg-Laying" Rockfaces Of Planet EarthConcretion in the Dakota Sandstone in Colorado, US. James St. John/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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The Strange "Egg-Laying" Rockfaces Of Planet EarthConcretion in the Dakota Sandstone in Colorado, US. James St. John/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
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Under Unique Conditions, Rockfaces Can Lay Egg-Like Cannonball Concretions

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When Did The Earth's Magnetic Field Form?This stereoscopic visualization shows a simple model of the Earth’s magnetic field. The magnetic field partially shields the Earth from harmful charged particles emanating from the Sun.

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When Did The Earth's Magnetic Field Form?This stereoscopic visualization shows a simple model of the Earth’s magnetic field. The magnetic field partially shields the Earth from harmful charged particles emanating from the Sun.
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When Did The Earth's Magnetic Field Form?

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Human Trash Is Expediting Rock Formation, From Millions Of Years To Just 35New type of rock made from industrial waste found in Derwent Howe, West Cumbria

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Human Trash Is Expediting Rock Formation, From Millions Of Years To Just 35New type of rock made from industrial waste found in Derwent Howe, West Cumbria
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Human Trash Is Expediting Rock Formation, From Millions Of Years To Just 35

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US Has Found Its Oldest Rock At 3.6 Billion Years Old, But Canadians Won’t Be ImpressedMetal Reference Mark #2 in Morton Gneiss Granite Rock - Morton County 1990 Minnesota Department of Transportation St. Paul, Minn

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US Has Found Its Oldest Rock At 3.6 Billion Years Old, But Canadians Won’t Be ImpressedMetal Reference Mark #2 in Morton Gneiss Granite Rock - Morton County 1990 Minnesota Department of Transportation St. Paul, Minn
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US Has Found Its Oldest Rock At 3.6 Billion Years Old, But Canadians Won’t Be Impressed

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Where Are The Oldest Rocks In The World, And What's Inside Them?A large section of rock on display at a museum. The rock is pale with grey streaks running through it.

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Where Are The Oldest Rocks In The World, And What's Inside Them?A large section of rock on display at a museum. The rock is pale with grey streaks running through it.
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Where Are The Oldest Rocks In The World, And What's Inside Them?

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The Pyramids of Euseigne Are An Alpine Spectacle Carved By ErosionThe rock formation called Pyramids of Euseigne stands in the ALps amid Blue skies

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The Pyramids of Euseigne Are An Alpine Spectacle Carved By ErosionThe rock formation called Pyramids of Euseigne stands in the ALps amid Blue skies
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The Pyramids of Euseigne Are An Alpine Spectacle Carved By Erosion

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