The Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to a wide-brimmed Mexican hat, has now been captured in a completely new light ...

Mars meteorite NWA 7034, AKA ‘Black Beauty’. Image credits: Institute of Meteoritics, UNM. Billions of years ago, when Mars ...

A single gemstone from Myanmar holds the title of Earth's rarest mineral, kyawthuite.

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Seth Millstein is a writer and musician living in the Bay Area. He has helped launch several early-stage journalism startups, ...