Scientists are trying to figure out how minerals connected to exoplanetary water would look to the James Webb Space Telescope ...

How can astronomers determine if an exoplanet has water based on Earth’s geological composition? This is what a recent study ...

According to a 2013 U.S. Geological Survey study, the basalt beneath Oregon and Washington could hold more than 14,000 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will take a new approach in its quest to find water-rich exoplanets. It will analyze ...

Oregon’s state geologist is pitching a novel idea of using the region’s rocky basalt layer – born of lava that flowed ...

Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...