Dusty clouds made of sand—that may rain iron—blanket a giant planet orbiting a young, sun-like star just 310 light-years from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed. The discovery was made ...

The pH scale is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, 1 being highly acidic, 14 being highly alkaline, and 7 ...

Aegirine, a sodium iron silicate, is found with diopsidic jadeite and almandine garnet in eclogite inclusions from kimberlite pipes in Northern Arizona’s Monument Valley, Garnet Ridge.

The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday could have been a meteorite, according to the National Weather Service.

One type, however, known as a pallasite meteorite is very different. They are made of olive-green crystals that are composed ...

A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...

It’s certainly not an obvious choice as a source for battery materials. But that’s exactly how it’s viewed by a group of New Zealand engineers. Christchurch-based Aspiring Materials has developed a ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

Astronomers have observed thick, mineral-rich clouds, potentially containing iron, enveloping the young exoplanet YSES-1b, leading to the possibility ...

Asteroids are usually grouped into three main types based on what they are made of: C-type, S-type and M-type.

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On ...