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Chinese Scientists Report Large Pacific Seafloor Deposit Rich in Gold and Silver

Preliminary shipboard assays show unusually high precious‑metal grades and researchers say technical, environmental and verification hurdles make commercial mining uncertain.

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Devil's Arrows Traced to Brimham Rocks as Neolithic People Hauled 25‑Tonne Stones 18 km

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Scientists Identify New Alloy Formed in Hiroshima Bomb Fireball

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Large Radiological Response in St. Ingbert After Radioactive Rocks Found in Influencer’s Home

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452‑Million‑Year‑Old Crinoid Fossil Preserves Soft Tissue and Reveals New Feeding Style

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Chandrayaan‑3 Soil Matches First Known Lunar Meteorite, Study Finds

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Pilbara Crater Dated to About 3.02 Billion Years Would Be Earth’s Oldest Known Impact Site

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Lucy Reveals Peanut-Shaped Asteroid That Wobbles on Two Axes

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NMDC-CMDC Recovers Five Diamonds From Chhattisgarh Exploration Block

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Lucy Finds Tumbling Asteroid with Water-Altered Clay

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Wobbling Peanut Asteroid Revealed as Water‑Altered Bilobed Object

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Scientists Find First Garnet Grains in Martian Meteorite

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Lucy Flyby Shows Peanut‑Shaped Asteroid Is Water‑Altered Fragment of Ancient Collision

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Lunar Meteorite Reveals a 3.486‑Billion‑Year‑Old, Extremely High‑Temperature Impact

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Lunar Meteorite Preserves Evidence of a 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Giant Moon Impact

Mineralogy

Chinese Scientists Report Large Pacific Seafloor Deposit Rich in Gold and Silver

Devil's Arrows Traced to Brimham Rocks as Neolithic People Hauled 25‑Tonne Stones 18 km

Scientists Identify New Alloy Formed in Hiroshima Bomb Fireball

Large Radiological Response in St. Ingbert After Radioactive Rocks Found in Influencer’s Home

Webb Detects Clay Minerals on Neptune’s Inner Moons and Rings

Batavia Sandstone Traces Reveal Multi‑Source VOC Supply Chain

Archived Spirit Data Reveal Water‑Linked Minerals in Martian Soil

Rare Hillsborough Meteorite Shows Salty Brines and Diverse Amino Acids

Scientists Confirm 25-Kilometre Meteor Crater in Remote Quebec

452‑Million‑Year‑Old Crinoid Fossil Preserves Soft Tissue and Reveals New Feeding Style

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Chandrayaan‑3 Soil Matches First Known Lunar Meteorite, Study Finds

Pilbara Crater Dated to About 3.02 Billion Years Would Be Earth’s Oldest Known Impact Site

Lucy Reveals Peanut-Shaped Asteroid That Wobbles on Two Axes

NMDC-CMDC Recovers Five Diamonds From Chhattisgarh Exploration Block

Lucy Finds Tumbling Asteroid with Water-Altered Clay

Wobbling Peanut Asteroid Revealed as Water‑Altered Bilobed Object

Scientists Find First Garnet Grains in Martian Meteorite

Lucy Flyby Shows Peanut‑Shaped Asteroid Is Water‑Altered Fragment of Ancient Collision

Lunar Meteorite Reveals a 3.486‑Billion‑Year‑Old, Extremely High‑Temperature Impact

Lunar Meteorite Preserves Evidence of a 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Giant Moon Impact

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