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Trump administration to take 10% stake in USA Rare Earth in $1.6b. deal, sources say

The Trump administration is set to take a 10% stake in USA Rare Earth as part of a $1.6 billion investment package aimed at boosting domestic rare earth mining and magnet production.

|ByREUTERS
A wheel loader operator fills a truck with ore at the MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California, January 30, 2020; illustrative.
Life beyond Earth may exist in far stranger places than scientists once thought, a new study suggests. January, 22.

Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says

Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always show the same face to their star.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS
An AI generated illustrative image of a nuclear power plant on the surface of the Moon, with the Earth seen in the background.

Russia plans a nuclear power plant on Moon within a decade

Russia plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2036 to support its lunar space program and a joint research station with China, as global space competition intensifies.

|ByREUTERS
Vibrant marine life in the current day Red Sea.

The vanished Red Sea and the catastrophic flood that brought it back

Researchers found that 6.2 million years ago, the Red Sea dried completely and was then suddenly reflooded, marking one of Earth's most extreme environmental events.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A planet between Mars and Jupiter could wipe out Earth - study

“Despite many astronomers having wished for this extra planet, it’s a good thing we don’t have it,” said lead author Stephen Kane.

MARCH 8, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The solar system (Illustrative).

Which places on Earth have the highest levels of air pollution? - study

Researchers published a map showing how PM2.5 levels have changed around the world in past decades.

MARCH 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Earth as seen from space.

Antarctica: Land at the end of the Earth

Tourists from all over the world are flocking to see it before it sinks like fabled Atlantis under the waves and is lost forever.

FEBRUARY 19, 2023ByBARBARA ANGELAKIS
ANTARCTICA – a raw, pristine, natural, protected and cherished environment.

Hidden molten rock layer shatters knowledge of tectonic plates - study

The discovery of this hidden molten rock layer shows that molten rocks have nothing to do with tectonic plate movements, which cause earthquakes.

FEBRUARY 7, 2023ByAARON REICH
The Earth with the upper mantle revealed. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a previously unknown layer of partly molten rock in a key region just below the tectonic plates.

Scientists offer solution to Earth's brightness symmetry mystery

Scientists revealed a strong correlation between storm intensity, cloudiness and the solar energy reflection rate in each hemisphere.

JANUARY 24, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Earth as seen from space.