The flights will image geology as part of a national effort to modernize geological maps in the region. The planes will take measurements over a large swath of central and western Massachusetts.

This map shows the current sea levels of Massachusetts. NOAA. If sea levels were to rise by six feet, portions of Boston and Cambridge would be flooded, particularly the areas on the Charles River.

Color and black and white prints bound together illustrating the scenery and geology of Massachusetts. There are nine views 1) Autumnal Scenery. View in Amherst. 2) A View in Hadley. 3) Gorge Between ...

NORTON - A Massachusetts geology professor is playing a key role in NASA's $5.2 billion Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter that blasted off on Monday. The spacecraft launched by a SpaceX Falcon ...

It's the "Staples rock," a boulder in the parking lot of the Staples store on Route 6A in Orleans, Massachusetts. The rock has gone viral and has become so popular it now has a marker on Google Maps.

Research I use thermochronology, geochronology, and geologic observations to address problems in continental tectonics and mantle dynamics, with particular focus on understanding the coupling of ...

U.S astronomers have created the first complete geologic map of Jupiter’s highly volcanic moon, Io. With 425 volcanoes dotting its surface, Io is more than 25 times more volcanically active than ...

The U.S. Geological Survey is planning some low-level flights over parts of New England, including Connecticut, to collect images of geology in the region. Part of the goal is to minimize the use ...

For example, the map reveals that the surface of Mars is older than previously thought. Three times as much surface area formed during the Early Noachian Epoch — the first major geologic time ...

GREENFIELD — Richard D. Little’s armored mud balls have been around for 200 million years, give or take, but the semi-retired geology professor can’t help wondering what will happen to them ...