Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada Lake Tahoe straddles the California-Nevada border like a hidden treasure shielded by the ...

Smith Rock is also a great location to see (and ... Oregon's state parks offer excellent alternatives to the popular and ...

It’s time to open up the voting for the next category in The Oregonian’s Readers Choice Awards: Oregon’s most recognizable ...

NASA's Rover found ripples in Martian rock that resemble the wave patterns on a sandy lake bed on Earth. The ripples could ...

What does NASA's discovery of odd popcorn rocks on Mars actually mean? It has discovered an oddly textured rock similar to ...

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover uncovers an ancient rock sample in Jezero Crater, possibly dating back billions of years.

The oldest piece of identified clothing — sandals found in southern Oregon — are older than the volcanic eruption, some 7,700 ...

Two gigantic canyons on the moon — both deeper than the Grand Canyon — were carved in less than 10 minutes by floods of rocks traveling ... Schrödinger basin, a crater about 200 miles wide ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a legal petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that the Crater Lake newt (also known as the Mazama ...

Around 900 years ago, a volcano – which has come to be called Sunset Crater – erupted and transformed the encircling area. Geologic features like cinders, lava rock and lava flow compose this ...

Smith Rock in central Oregon is a contender, too. Tell us all about your favorite and nominate it for our Readers Choice Awards below. The form will take submissions until 11 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 ...