Diamond is well-known for being the hardest natural material on Earth, though synthetic forms have been developed that are even tougher – a feat that researchers have managed again, through a new ...

The first ultra-hard diamond was found in the Canyon Diablo meteorite in Arizona in 1967. Scientists have struggled to recreate lonsdaleite in the laboratory but now, a team of Chinese researchers ...

The Canyon Diablo Meteorite (Credits: Getty Images/iStockphoto) While applications of such hexagonal diamonds (HDs) have been largely underexplored due to the small size and low purity of samples ...

Previously, the hardest diamonds known have been found only in asteroid and meteoroid impact craters. For instance, lonsdaleite was first discovered in the Canyon Diablo meteorite in Arizona in 1967.

Previously, the hardest diamonds known have been found only in asteroid and meteoroid impact craters. For instance, lonsdaleite was first discovered in the Canyon Diablo meteorite in Arizona in 1967.

In 1891, examining a meteorite in Canyon Diablo, Arizona, scientists reported finding "hard particles" within it. Later, in 1939, these hard particles were confirmed to be a mixture of diamonds ...

Sotheby's and Heist-Out are working together on a space-themed watch collection called AREA_51. The collection includes 51 ...

Diamond is the hardest mineral on Earth ... there’s another allotrope—first identified in 1967 when scientists examining a meteorite in Canyon Diablo, Arizona—known today as lonsdaleite.

Double jeopardy: An undocumented Portuguese man in Rhode Island faces deportation for a second time. He re-entered the US and ...