During the bustling, crowded early solar system, hit-and-run collisions could have completely ... When light is shone through it, the green-yellow olivine crystals sparkle like gems. “Imilac is ...

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

In those diamonds, researchers found materials that suggested that the gems were created inside a planetary body as old as the solar system. However, some scientists still dispute this ...

China’s Tianwen-2 mission has launched to explore an asteroid that may be a piece of the moon, as well as an active asteroid ...

Let's get it out of the way: bling iced out with precious gems from another planet sounds like the coldest flex in the solar system. But there's also scientific significance to the finding ...

Very few gems can withstand the intense pressure of ... where they come from 'Primordial' helium from the birth of the solar system may be stuck in Earth's core Scientists think a hidden source ...

"Iron meteorites are hidden gems. The more we learn about iron meteorites, the more they unravel the mystery of our solar system's birth," Zhang said.

Discover how a giant interstellar cloud known as the solar nebula gave birth to our solar system and everything in it. The solar system as we know it began life as a vast, swirling cloud of gas and ...

In those diamonds, researchers found materials that suggested that the gems were created inside a planetary body as old as the solar system. However, some scientists still dispute this, and suggest ...