Chinese researchers have braved the cold and harsh environment of Antarctica in order to get a unique view of star formation ...

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, ...

Despite its stability and abundance on Earth and in the wider Universe, carbon is an element for which little is known about the liquid state 1. This is mainly because carbon evaporates directly at ...

A complex form of carbon crucial for life on Earth has been spotted outside the solar system for the first time. Its presence helps show how the compounds needed for life could come from space. The ...

A simulated form of carbon called BC8, or 'super-diamond', could be 30% tougher than normal diamonds, but synthesizing it on Earth won't be easy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels, and transforming the oceans. Even if countries ...

Dissolved organic carbon may be one of the most underestimated pressures on Irish waters. About 20% of our land area is ...