A way of measuring well conditions downhole by studying samples of reservoir rocks, core analysis gives the most accurate insight into the porosity and permeability, among other characteristics, of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists using an ocean drilling vessel have dug the deepest hole ever in rock from Earth's mantle - penetrating 4,160 feet (1,268 meters) below the Atlantic seabed - and ...

NASA announced Monday that it has captured, sealed, and stored the first core sample ever drilled on another planet. The space agency’s Perseverance rover completed the collection of the first sample ...

Design and build a device that can take a core sample from a potato "asteroid." Design and build a device that can take a core sample from a potato "asteroid." Design Squad is available to stream on ...

The five tents sitting on the white expanse of the Clark Glacier look more like a winter camping site than a scientific field camp. Skis stick out of the snow. A pot on the propane stove holds melted ...

There’s a military adage that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. While we haven’t gone to war with Mars, at least not yet, it does seem to be a place where the best-laid scientific plans ...