if it were any bigger, it would be ripped apart by the pulsar’s gravity. But despite its small size, the planet has slightly more mass than Jupiter. “This high density of the planet provides a clue to ...

Using data from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists have identified a potential 10-mile-thick diamond mantle beneath Mercury’s crust. This finding suggests the planet may harbour more ...

This gas is converted into sulfuric acid in the stratosphere, then condenses to form fine sulfate aerosols that reflect ...

A diamond-bearing space rock that exploded in Earth's atmosphere in 2008 was part of a lost planet from the early Solar System, a study suggests. The parent "proto-planet" would have existed ...

Diamonds have always been something to be admired because of their beauty, and they are now ready to be used in the critical field of space exploration ... Unlike any currently used maser ...

While the benefits of cooling the planet are clear, such a high cost makes this solution far from feasible in the immediate future. While the diamond dust concept is still in the research phase ...

the study's lead author and graduate assistant at Arizona State's School of Earth and Space Exploration, told Business Insider. "Even if diamond planets are only one-in-a-billion, the near ...

A multi-institutional team of climatologists, meteorologists and Earth scientists has found evidence that dropping diamond ...

Scientists are interested in depositing diamond dust into the atmosphere in order to reflect sunlight and cool down the planet ... Under the radar The European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission ...