Rare earth elements are an easy-to-find, hard-to-refine resource critical for everything from magnets and electronics to ...

Life on Earth began in a world of volcanic eruptions, violent storms, and a toxic atmosphere. Yet somehow, from this chaos, ...

Scientists have found a hidden world deep beneath the Arctic Ocean that is changing how we understand life in the deep sea ...

Scientists say Earth’s magnetic field may have funneled atmospheric particles to the moon for billions of years. Lunar soil could preserve a record of Earth’s past while providing resources for future ...

After studying rocks more than 541 million years old, MIT scientists have found new evidence that some of Earth’s first ...

Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field.

Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

Beijing’s trade actions raise stakes with Tokyo, as China’s rare earth power and Japan’s chip dominance are seen as ...

Living cells pay a hidden energy price not just to run chemical reactions, but to keep them on track and block all the ...

New research reveals the Moon may have been silently collecting Earth’s atmosphere for billions of years. Scientists now ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

After modeling Europa's conditions, the researchers concluded that its rocky seafloor is likely mechanically too strong to ...