A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years ...

It's a bit of fun, even if for the vast majority the answer was "somewhere in an ocean". But would it be possible to dig through the Earth and pop out the other side?

X-ray space telescopes caught a supermassive black hole flinging matter into space at a fifth of the speed of light Supermassive black holes are the monsters of the universe, so it is perhaps only ...

The maiden diamond drilling program, focused on high priority gold targets outlined by soil and auger geochemistry supported by geophysical surveys, has now been expanded to include a ninth drill hole ...

Visit Kimberley’s Big Hole, a legendary diamond mine in South Africa. Discover its fascinating history, mining feats, and why it’s a must-see landmark. #Kimberley #BigHole #DiamondMine ...

Efforts to limit ozone-depleting chemical compounds had a significant impact. The ozone hole over the Antarctic is significantly smaller in 2025 than in previous years, ranking as the fifth-smallest ...

In 2023, scientists detected the gravitational waves from a black hole collision that seemed impossible. New research finally explains how this "forbidden" black hole came to be, and what it can teach ...

Astronomers have spotted the largest and most distant flare ever observed from a supermassive black hole. Nicknamed “Superman,” the flare originated 10 billion light-years from Earth, and at its peak, ...

A legendary jewel of the Hapsburg dynasty — not seen since 1919 and thought lost, stolen or recut — has actually been safe in a Canadian bank for decades. The Florentine Diamond, here set atop a ...

LREO (Light Rare Earth Oxides): includes Lanthanum through Neodymium. HREO (Heavy Rare Earth Oxides): includes Samarium through Lutetium. TREO (Total Rare Earth Oxides): includes the summation of both ...

To study the origins of our universe is to struggle with profound chicken-or-egg questions. We know the Big Bang happened. Cosmologists can see its afterglow in the sky. But no one knows whether the ...