In nature and technology, crystallization plays a pivotal role, from forming snowflakes and pharmaceuticals to creating ...

Researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have made a groundbreaking discovery of mineral-forming events ...

Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? Researchers show that this is not due to the random pull of the planets, but rather the ...

Scientists believe a crater found in the Australian outback may be the oldest-known meteor crash site in the world. As AFP ...

A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are brought back.

Thanks to the crystal structure of diamonds, with carbon atoms arranged into a lattice-like structure, diamond is top of the hardness scale, which is why it is used to cutting and drilling, as well as ...

This claim is based on the use of pulse radar devices by experts to create high-resolution images deep underground beneath the structures, in the same way that sonar radar is used to map the depths of ...

The Martian meteorite set to go on public display at Expo 2025 Osaka is seen in its extensive packaging as it is loaded onto a truck in Tachikawa, Tokyo, on March 26, 2025. (Mainichi/Shu Furukawa ...

A file photo of a meteorite streak over the UK in 2015. Photo: Steven Watt/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix An amateur astronomer in Denmark has advised the local population in Zealand town Lumsås to check ...

Californians reported seeing a streak of light in the sky on Monday night that many believe to either be an asteroid or meteorite. The celestial occurrence was seen by people in the Bay Area at around ...