The surface of Mars has been well mapped and characterized, yet the subsurface — the most likely place to find signs of extant or extinct life and a repository of useful resources for human ...

Image showing a “picture” of the Earth’s interior. The colour represents how fast the seismic waves travel inside the Earth in the Alaska area. Image courtesy of Lili Feng Opinions expressed by ...

This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on Extraterrestrial drilling systems for subsurface exploration. Narrative review articles are also welcomed, to our sister journal ...

Temperature anomalies associated with oil-producing structures in the US Midcontinent and similar cratonic areas probably can be used reliably as a passkey for petroleum exploration in mature areas, ...

A new nanoscience study led by a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory takes a big-picture look at how scientists study materials at the smallest scales. The paper, ...

Ground-penetrating radar from China’s Martian rover Zhurong reveals shallow impact craters and other geologic structures in the top five meters of the red planet’s surface. The images of the Martian ...

Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (ReconAfrica) completed a subsurface evaluation delineating large prospective conventional hydrocarbon bearing structures throughout the entire Kavango basin. The ...

NASA is developing technology that could enable autonomous navigation of future underwater drones studying subsurface oceans on icy moons like Jupiter's Europa. The agency is working on artificial ...

Subsurface hydrogen start-up Vema Hydrogen could launch a joint venture with a Canadian mineral exploration firm to produce ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) today announced it signed an agreement with Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) to grant Teck access to Neftex ® ...

Earth’s “critical zone”, the zone of the planet from treetops to base of groundwater, is critical because it is a sensitive region, open to impacts from human activities, while providing water ...