Scientists have long debated why Earth and Mars lack certain essential elements. A new study reveals that these missing ...

The periodic table organizes chemical elements based on atomic weight, electron configurations, and chemical properties, ...

Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...

Both rubies and emeralds are minerals, which is a type of rock with a consistent chemical composition and a highly ordered ...