Geophysical Sciences

Potential diamond factory discovered at center of Earth Illustration of Earth's layers

Potential diamond factory discovered at center of Earth

New technique to determine age will open new era of planetary science, researchers say cross section of a meteorite on black background with colors highlighting different inclusions in the rock

New technique to determine age will open new era of planetary science, researchers say

Rock scooped off speeding asteroid suggests it was once comet that lost its tail Illustration of Ryugu

Rock scooped off speeding asteroid suggests it was once comet that lost its tail

Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid View of a circular opening with a pile of jagged grey rocks

Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid

Why did Mars dry out? New study points to unusual answers Overhead view of large formation with a dry riverbed cutting through center

Why did Mars dry out? New study points to unusual answers

UChicago scientists assemble largest-ever family tree for primates Monkey

UChicago scientists assemble largest-ever family tree for primates

Lasers, 3D printing reveal how the ground shakes following earthquakes Sunyoung Park

Lasers, 3D printing reveal how the ground shakes following earthquakes

Beads of glass in meteorites help scientists piece together how solar system formed Carbonaceous chondrite Allende Meteorite

Beads of glass in meteorites help scientists piece together how solar system formed

Clam fossils help scientists find errors in evolutionary tree calculations Clam shells

Clam fossils help scientists find errors in evolutionary tree calculations

Scientists find strange black ‘superionic ice’ that could exist inside other planets A beamline setup at GSECARS, sector 13, Advance Photon Sources, Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists find strange black ‘superionic ice’ that could exist inside other planets