Interstellar dust may be not just cosmic "debris", but a key carrier of amino acids, the building blocks of life. A study by ...

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...

Think of it this way: only around 10,000 decently sized meteorites slam into Earth per year. Meanwhile, the planet is ...

The discovery of two diamonds originating from the depths of the Earth's mantle reveals a chemical coexistence that scientists had until now deemed unimaginable. These precious stones, formed ...

On some, whipping winds send a rain of glass flying sideways; others have a core of carbon compressed into diamond. Take a ...

South African diamonds have revealed nickel-rich metallic inclusions, offering the first direct evidence of reactions predicted to occur deep in Earth’s mantle. The study shows how oxidized melts ...

Water may appear simple but behaves in ways that surprise even the world’s greatest scientists. A new international study has ...

New research has found that amino acids, the building blocks of life, may have traveled to Earth on interstellar dust grains, ...

There has been much debate among scientists about whether an area deep within the Earth is dry as a rock or sloshing with ...

Microdiamonds have been discovered in two areas of a well, confirming the existence of an extensive kimberlite system of ...

The town of Nördlingen, dating back to the Middle Ages, is uniquely situated within the crater of an asteroid that collided ...

Botswana's Karowe mine just produced a record-breaking 2,492-carat diamond, the largest unearthed in over a century.