The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...

What can volcanic sulfur on ancient Mars teach scientists about whether microbial life might have existed? This is what a recent study published in Science | Space ...

By examining chemical changes in zircon crystals and comparing them with maps of gas in the Milky Way, researchers observed that the changes corresponded with times when the Solar System passed ...

New Curtin University research has uncovered a striking link between the structure of our galaxy and the evolution of Earth's crust, showing its ...

New Curtin University research has uncovered a striking link between the structure of our galaxy and the evolution of Earth’s ...

Billions of years ago, Mars may not have been the frozen desert we see today. New simulations suggest that volcanic eruptions pumped out reactive sulfur gases, creating greenhouse effects strong ...

Mars’ Jezero Crater holds signs of ancient water and strange mineral reactions, some linked with organic compounds. With ...

Everything is born out of nothing,” said Ivan Smalyukh, a physicist at the University of Colorado Boulder. “All you do is shine a light, and this whole world of time crystals emerges.”. In a paper in ...

These crystals are all made of the same stuff, but their color changes slowly from blue to orange as they release acid.

Researchers at Diamond Light Source have used advanced imaging to look at microscopic crystals, called nanolites, to see what ...

Ancient crystals reveal that Earth began recycling its crust and forming continents billions of years earlier than scientists ...