Kazakhstan has announced the discovery of the largest rare earth metal deposit, containing about one million tons of these ...

Two planets outside the solar system have been identified orbiting a star located nearly 250 light-years away from Earth in ...

Scientists have just discovered four small, rocky exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, the nearest single star to our solar system after the Alpha Centauri system, NASA announced. Located only six ...

But for the study team, the most exciting thing about the new research was finding worlds that are so close to Earth. "We found something that humanity will hopefully know forever," Jacob Bean ...

The startup uses AI to quickly search for minerals over wide areas, identifying promising potential deposits for exploration.

Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the ...