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Scientists Find First Garnet in Martian Meteorite

Isotopic analyses are planned to determine whether the tiny andradite grains formed on Mars or arrived as foreign fragments.

Sahara Meteorite Points to Moon‑Size Lost Protoplanet

Lab Experiments Recreate Mercury Magma to Show Sulfur Lowers Crystallization Temperatures

China Confirms Huge Rare Earth, Fluorite and Baryte Reserves at Sichuan Mine, Plus Major Antimony Find

Lab-Made Hexagonal Diamond Clears Key Tests, Slightly Out-Hardens Cubic Diamond

Bromacker Fossil Site Redated to 294.1 Million Years Old

New Experiments Suggest Earth’s Core Holds Nine to 45 Oceans’ Worth of Hydrogen

Japan Sends Chikyu to 6,000 Meters in First Deep-Sea Rare-Earth Extraction Attempt

Rains Turn Iran’s Hormuz ‘Red Beach’ Coastline Crimson in Striking Natural Event

New Australian Glass Beads Reveal Asteroid Impact From 11 Million Years Ago

Diamonds Reveal Nickel-Rich Metal Alloys Deep in Mantle, Confirming Long-Predicted Redox State

India Secures 15-Year ISA Contract to Explore Polymetallic Sulphides on Carlsberg Ridge

Reanalysis of GRACE Data Points to 2007 Deep-Mantle Shift Near Earth’s Core

Curiosity Captures Coral-Like Mineral Pseudofossil in Gale Crater

India Ramps Up Domestic Rare Earth Extraction as China Begins Processing Export Licenses

Curiosity Rover Uncovers Spiderweb-Like Boxwork Ridges Indicating Ancient Groundwater

30,000-Year-Old Vulture Fossil Reveals Unique Soft Tissue Preservation in Volcanic Ash

Mars’ Red Color Linked to Water-Rich Mineral, Study Finds

Massive Ancient Rock Formations Discovered Deep in Earth's Mantle

Mars' Missing Atmosphere May Be Locked in Planet's Clay, Scientists Find