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.

Massachusetts is also one of several states that is suffering land subsidence, which happens partly because of natural geological processes as well as human activities such as the extraction of ...

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A Massachusetts geology professor is playing a key role in NASA's $5.2 billion Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter.

There's an unusual new attraction on Cape Cod this summer. It's the "Staples rock," a boulder in the parking lot of the Staples store on Route 6A in Orleans, Massachusetts.

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

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 ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released the most thorough map of the Martian surface to date.

Greenfield Community College geology professor Richard D. Little wants Massachusetts to recognize his Jurassic armored mud balls Published: Aug. 08, 2022, 5:38 a.m.