The mineral was first discovered by German mineralogist August Breithaupt in 1821, in a weathered brown coal deposit in the ...

Rare earth elements sustain the Information Age, and securing a supply of these metals has become a matter of national and economic security. They're ubiquitous in our smart technologies, ...

Coconino County’s two major wildfires, one of which torched the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, continue to burn ...

The loss of the North Rim lodge and facilities due to predictably unpredictable winds in summertime is just the latest ...

Beijing uses its near-monopoly on critical minerals to win trade concessions. Can the U.S. find alternate supplies?

TORONTO, ONTARIO / ACCESS Newswire / July 16, 2025 / Aclara Resources Inc. ("Aclara" or "Company") (TSX:ARA) is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with Stanford University to accelerate the ...

A dusty envelope misplaced in a government archive has rewritten a chapter of mineral history. That 1949 letter, discovered ...

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river ...

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

An Asteroid Might Hit the Moon in 2032 and Turn It Into a Massive Fireworks Show from Earth The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even contribute to mass extinction events. Now, a new study has found evidence of a ...

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