Scientists discover asteroid 2024 PT5, a small space rock with a mysterious origin, possibly ejected from the Moon after a ...

Cordierite, a remarkable mineral familiar to many as the material behind heat-resistant pizza stones, exhibits an unusual ...

A small asteroid named 2024 PT5, once hailed as Earth's temporary second moon, might have originated from our very own Moon.

Cordierite, the material behind heat-resistant pizza stones, has been shown to resist changes in size despite significant temperature fluctuations. The reasons for this have been largely unexplained ...

I am a mineralogist/crystallographer who studies the crystal structures of rock-forming minerals that are significant constituents of the Earth. My research focuses ...

Sometimes they have an iron core and concentric layers, surrounded by a silicate mantle and crust. Iron meteorites are mainly made of an iron-nickel alloy with a distinctive crystalline structure ...