Despite—or rather, because of—Mercury’s tumultuous early years, it could now be a diamond-encrusted world. Space rocks that smashed into the graphite that blankets much of the planet could have ...

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Mercury, the smallest and innermost planet in our solar system, may be home to a dazzling secret hidden beneath its scorched surface—a diamond layer up to 11 miles thick. A groundbreaking study, led ...

A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet and the closest to the sun, according to new research. The ...