Scientists Reveal Diamond Cache Deep in Earth’s Interior
New study shows that 1–2 percent of Earth’s oldest mantle rocks are made from diamond. There may be more than a quadrillion tons of diamond…
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Scientists Discover Spinning Nanodiamonds Around Stars
For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the exact source of a peculiar type of faint microwave light emanating from a number of regions across the…
Scientists Reveal How Diamonds Can Bend and Stretch
Diamond is well-known as the strongest of all natural materials, and with that strength comes another tightly linked property: brittleness. But now, an international team…
Diamonds Provide Evidence of a Lost Planet That Once Roamed Our Solar System
Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth more than a decade ago provide compelling evidence of a lost planet that once roamed our solar…
Groundbreaking Research Reveals Evidence of Water Deep in Earth’s Mantle
A UNLV scientist has discovered the first direct evidence that fluid water pockets may exist as far as 500 miles deep into the Earth’s mantle….
Yale Researchers ‘Look’ Deep Inside a Diamond Planet
New research by Yale University scientists suggests rocky planets orbiting other stars may hide thick layers of diamond beneath the surface. “A carbon-rich planet likely…
Russian Impact Crater Might Contain Trillions of Carats of Diamonds
On Monday, Novosibirsk scientists of the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences announced that there is…