Glittering stars in the night sky aside, scientists have long known that there are diamonds in the heavens. In 1981, for example, when Smithsonian researchers tried to cut through a large iron ...

The Beatles‘ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is one of the most unusual songs in the canon of pop music. John Lennon thought it was a love song. He also felt he should have given it a ...

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 ...