Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

The atoms that make up life on Earth—carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and more—were forged inside stars long before our planet ...

Researchers accidentally formed gold hydride under extreme pressure, challenging gold’s long-held inert reputation and ...

Gold, uranium, and other heavy elements on Earth did not form here. They were born in the violent deaths of massive stars and the collisions of neutron stars, traveling across the galaxy before ...

Scientists accidentally create gold hydride under extreme pressure, revealing unexpected chemistry and insights into ...

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They contain important minerals like calcium and magnesium, essential amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids. Brazil nuts ...

Alexander Gysi believes that understanding when, how and where critical minerals form is essential for U.S. independence in ...

The group of rare earth elements (REEs) comprises a total of 17 elements, all of which possess similar chemical properties. In addition to the two lightest elements, scandium and yttrium, the group ...

Scientists have long been probing the universe to determine how elements came together to form planets and (at least in Earth’s case) gave rise to life. One disconnect was that the universe contained ...

Alexey A Petrov receives funding from the US Department of Energy. Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early 2025, which may be ...

Scientists have just discovered an incredible superpower hidden away in the tissues of the fern Blechnum orientale, a plant that can collect and store rare earth elements. The findings could lead to a ...