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Pilbara Crater Dated to About 3.02 Billion Years Would Be Earth’s Oldest Known Impact Site

Direct uranium–lead dating of impact‑altered zircon plus hydrothermal apatite yields matching ~3.02 billion‑year ages that could place the Pilbara site in the Archean, reshaping views of early crustal hydrothermal systems.

Scientists Find First Garnet in Martian Meteorite

Sahara Meteorite Points to Moon‑Size Lost Protoplanet

Lab Experiments Recreate Mercury Magma to Show Sulfur Lowers Crystallization Temperatures

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

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

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