A viral video of a man using the Sun and a giant lens to melt a rock and turn it into lava has left the internet stunned. The clip was shared on the social media platform TikTok by user joemyheck.

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A team of scientists has assembled a new model describing the climate characteristics of the hellishly hot exoplanet, K2-141b, and it sounds like a real estate brochure for Mustafar. The model ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Many Hawaii residents have heard the legend that it's bad luck to take lava rocks from Kilauea volcano. That's probably something a Hawaiian Airlines flight attendant was ...

Samples of lava that erupted onto the ocean floor almost 3.5 billion years ago contain microscopic tubes that may have been created by microbes, researchers say. That scenario puts these structures ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has been fiercely erupting for well over a month. Now, residents are finding little green gems that have fallen out of the sky during Kilauea's eruption. The green gems are ...

With well over 4,000 exoplanets discovered to date, there are worlds out there so weird they’d put Dr. Who writers to shame. The latest to join the ranks is K2-141b, a scorching planet where it rains ...

Discover Mount Shuksan's green top, all built from ancient oceanic greenschist. Greenschist is a special type of rock that gets its green tint from minerals compressed long ago deep under the ocean.

Rock minerals are important for soil and plant health. I've often told folks that any kind of rock that's different from the native rock will help. The main rock minerals I use myself and recommend to ...

When scientists find microbial life thriving in some of the most extreme environments on Earth, it gives them hope that they may be able to find life on other planets. Now, researchers have discovered ...

A little knowledge of rocks and minerals will help you identify everything from jewelry to fossils. While reading this article may not turn you into a geologist, it should give you the basic ...