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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.
Habitable worlds may be far more common than thought, Israeli study says
Russia plans a nuclear power plant on Moon within a decade
The vanished Red Sea and the catastrophic flood that brought it back
Evidence of beaches from ancient Martian ocean detected by Chinese rover
The findings are the latest evidence indicating the existence of this hypothesized ocean, called Deuteronilus, roughly 3.5 to 4 billion years ago on Mars.
Smithsonian meteorites help unlock the mystery of Earth's water arrival
New study challenges previous theories that the Moon-forming event was key in delivering water to Earth.
Asteroid 2024 YR4's impact risk increases to 3.1%, highest ever recorded
NASA's CNEOS ranks the threat level of asteroid 2024 YR4 at 3 out of 10 on the Torino Scale, indicating a '1% or greater chance of collision capable of localized destruction.'
Did Earth lose its solar shield? Researchers find 10-million-year beryllium surge in sediments
Beryllium-10 is continuously produced by cosmic rays interacting with Earth's atmosphere.
Power of yearly floods: Study reveals how 603 species shape Earth’s surface
"Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world; they are its architects," the researchers stated.
Scientists find Earth's inner core's rotation may slow and change direction by 2040
Researchers suggest that changes in inner core's rotation may impact its magnetic field.
‘Consider again that dot’: How NASA's Voyager and Carl Sagan showed us Earth like never before
On February 14, 1990, Voyager 1 took the iconic 'Pale Blue Dot' photo of Earth from 3.7 billion miles away.
Was the emergence of intelligent life on Earth just a fluke? Some scientists think not
The new theory was devised by a team of two geobiologists and two astronomers.
'We cannot ignore this rock': ESA raises doubles estimated risk of impact of asteroid 2024 YR4
The asteroid has been given a rating of 3 out of 10, indicating a "close encounter, meriting attention by astronomers."
Underwater Mediterranean Sea telescope records most energetic neutrino ever observed
The KM3NeT telescope comprises two detectors, ARCA and ORCA, utilizing seawater to capture Cherenkov light—a bluish glow produced when neutrinos interact with water molecules.
