China has tremendous power over the rare earths market. The country has the biggest mines, producing 270,000 metric tons (297 ...

Lucy’s next stop — “the main event,” as Levison calls it — will be the Trojan asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed.

Tutolo led a new study of rock samples collected by the Curiosity rover that might have answered this question. The mystery ...

A rare 'smiley face' triple conjunction is coming to Earth's morning skies on April 25, when Venus, Saturn and the crescent ...

New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.

Highly magnetic neutron star is wandering our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have tracked ...

The solar eruption set Earth's skies ablaze, with vibrant auroras visible across the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North Asia when the apparently better-adapted ...

Scientists are currently planning two major space missions to search for life in space: NASA's Project HWO and Project LIFE, ...

Aurora could be seen in the night sky as a severe geomagnetic storm erupts over Earth. Here are the best places to see the ...