September 24, 2019 Mysterious mineral from Earth's mantle discovered in South African diamond A single grain of rock lodged in a diamond contains a never-before-found mineral.
August 23, 2019 Texas woman finds 3.72-carat yellow diamond during visit to Arkansas park A Texas woman found a 3.72-carat yellow diamond in a rock pile at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas last week.
August 18, 2019 Trove of 'super-deep' diamonds from Earth's interior discovered Scientists have found a trove of "super-deep" diamonds from hundreds of miles below the Earth’s surface.
August 14, 2019 'Jurassic world' discovered under Australia A so-called "Jurassic world" has been discovered, consisting of approximately 100 ancient volcanoes, buried deep inside central Australia.
August 13, 2019 Stunning image of rare volcanic lightning captured by German photographer: 'It was a scary moment' A German photographer who traveled to a small Russian island in the hopes of capturing volcanic lighting — a rare but dazzling phenomenon — seems to have gotten what he wished for.
July 31, 2019 Vacationing schoolteacher finds 2.12-carat brown diamond at Arkansas State Park A vacationing schoolteacher recently found a 2.12-carat brown diamond at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas.
July 5, 2019 Mysterious 'Earthquake mountain' swallowed up by ocean, NASA images show Zalzala Koh may be out of sight for now, but that does not mean it is completely gone. In 2019, hints of the island persist in Landsat imagery. As recently as June 2019, Landsat observed trails of sediment circulating around the submerged base. The series of images above shows the island in April and September 2013, November 2016, and April 2019. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on EO-1 acquired the September 2013 image; all the others images came from the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8.
July 3, 2019 Extremely rare lava lake discovered on remote South Atlantic volcano Scientists have used satellite imagery to spot an extremely rare "persistent lava lake" on a remote sub-Antarctic island in the South Atlantic.
June 27, 2019 Yellowstone's steamboat geyser is incredibly active right now, and we don't know why Yellowstone National Park's Steamboat Geyser blasted steam and water into the air at 12:52 p.m. local time on June 12.
June 25, 2019 Raikoke volcano seen erupting in incredible image from space The powerful eruption of the Raikoke volcano was captured by astronauts on the International Space Station on Saturday.