Scientists believe Michigan may be an abundant source of what could become the next big thing in carbon-free energy.

In 2004, researchers from the mining group Rio Tinto found this peculiar mineral in Jadar (pronounced "Yadar"), Serbia. Its ...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered a key piece of the puzzle in how rocky planets, such as ...

China dominates the global rare earths industry—and it’s not even close. A fight is already underway to lay claim to this ...

T he Moon is certainly not a colorful world. Forget the crimson hue of Mars or the blue of Neptune. Our natural satellite is instead in grayscale, a magnificent desolation that only changes color in ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary space science. The U.S. is building ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed two large planets at different stages of infancy - one with an atmosphere ...

A space rock the color of coal and no larger than a pebble you’d shake from a shoe just arrived at the Field Museum, where scientists will spend the next two months probing this extraordinary specimen ...

After fifteen years of stagnation, platinum has woken up in a big way, with an impressive 36% surge over the past two months.

"By studying these planets, we can better understand how planets form in general, a bit like peering into the past of our ...

Astronomers have captured silicate clouds and a mysterious disk around two giant young exoplanets, revealing surprises that ...

Earth’s earliest crust may have looked a lot more like the continents we know today than scientists once believed. A recent ...