Chinese and American scientists claim to be the first to make large enough quantities of diamonds with a hexagonal structure to test their physical properties. The substance has been sought for 60 years, reflecting the extraordinary anticipated hardness of the gemstones. The team responsible may have scooped another team who described a method for achieving the same thing earlier this …
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Science suffers when meteorites and fossils become an asset class Financial Times Want to own a huge chunk of Mars? It could cost you up to $4 million CBS News The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York NPR Largest Mars Meteorite Heads To Auction Block The Weather Channel The largest Mars rock on Earth is up …
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Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost planet. The least studied and most mysterious of the solar system’s rocky planets, Mercury is so close to the sun that exploring it is difficult even for probes. Only …
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CNN — Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost planet. The least studied and most mysterious of the solar system’s rocky planets, Mercury is so close to the sun that exploring it is difficult even for …
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