Japan said it successfully retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth elements, a test the government framed as a step ...

The Artemis program, effectively a successor to the Apollo missions, aims to return Americans to the moon and lay the ...

For the first time in 54 years, humans will head toward the moon this week. So why does it feel like most of us are barely ...

Some evidence of supermassive black holes influencing the gas around them has previously been seen in X-ray images. However, these are only static pictures of a dynamic process. The new XRISM ...

Ancient volcanic rocks reveal how two giant hot regions beneath Africa and the Pacific have shaped Earth's magnetic shield.

The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth elements, a stockpile that could counter China's ability to use its dominance of these hard to ...

In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a time when carmakers want the metal for electric-vehicle batteries, nickel ...

For astronauts, coming back to Earth is one of the most dangerous parts of any mission. A new research facility addresses ...