The 15-year effort by Japan is a model for countries now scrambling to reduce their dependence on Beijing’s critical metals.

Later in December, the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet will get as close to Earth as it ever will. Here's what to know.

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A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

Climate change is altering the Earth to its literal core, new research suggests. As polar and glacial ice melts because of global warming, water that was once concentrated at the top and the bottom of ...

Earth's changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. For the first time in history, world timekeepers ...

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The moon's orbit around Earth appears so regular that civilizations have based the month on lunar motion for thousands of years. However, the moon is actually creeping slowly away from Earth. So will ...

Although 'Predator' recently ventured back into the world of 'Alien', it does not appear the crossover will go both ways.

Here are 10 exoplanets regarded as the most Earth-like alien worlds discovered to date. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Since the ...

Earth’s climate has fluctuated through deep time, pushed by these 10 different causes. Here’s how each compares with modern climate change. Earth has been a snowball and a hothouse at different times ...