New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's ...

Scientists discover that large amounts of nitrogen could be hidden in the Earth's metallic core, which would solve a ...

Li and his team tested the material by implanting iron silicate into an iron sample and took x-ray diffraction images that confirmed that the helium atoms were being stored in the “bulk lattice ...

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

A young sunlike star called HOPS 315 seems to host a swirling disk of gas giving rise to minerals that kick-start the planet formation process.

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 mineral is a high-density version of magnesium iron silicate. It is the most abundant mineral on Earth, and makes up about 38 percent of the planet's volume.

Chemically speaking the parent rock for this is Magnesium Iron Silicate and particularly pure versions are a source of the green gemstone peridot which is the traditional birthstone for August.