Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...

Naturally occurring superheavy elements beyond those listed in the periodic table could potentially explain why asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is so dense, new research suggests. When you purchase through ...

The stars in our galaxy exhibit a curious chemical division, but is this the norm in the Universe? A recent study shows that this peculiarity is not a general rule, opening the door to a ...