Diamonds that formed hundreds of kilometers deep below Earth's surface contain traces of chemical reactions that took place on the bot...
Scientists Create Crystal Stronger Than Diamond
Currently, diamond is regarded to be one of the hardest and most scratch-resistant natural materials in the world. Most diamonds found in...
L.A.’s Biggest Quake Threat Sits on Overlooked Part of San Andreas, Study Says
Arrows pointing to the Mission Creek strand of the San Andreas Fault. (Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast) Part Of The San And...
New Rock Type Discovered Beneath The Ocean
A microscopic cross-section of the newly discovered type of basalt Picture credit: Exp. 351 Science Team Geologists have discovered a new ...
Here’s What a Metal Volcano Would Look Like
Metallic lava flow emerging from rocky lava. Credit : Arianna Soldati When Volcanoes Go Metal A team of scientists is hard at work on an ...
Geologists Discover Powerful 'River of Rocks' Below Caribbean
In this image, the warped amount of the surface is due to the opening of the Central American gateway that allowed hot material to flow thro...
47-Million-Year-Old Fly Found With a Full Belly
A 47-million-year old fossil belonging to a previously unknown species of fly was found at the Messel Pit in central Germany For The First...
Rock Rising From Below the Atlantic May Drive Continents Apart
Material rising from deep below the Mid-Atlantic Ridge may widen the ocean by a few centimeters every year. The ridge is visible in this fal...
4.6-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Is The Oldest Magmatic Rock Ever Found
The Erg Chech 002 meteorite's large crystals suggest that the rock cooled slowly. A single meteorite crash-landed in the Sahara Desert i...