Discover the significance of rare-earth elements, their applications in technology, and the global race for their resources.

NASA is using a high-altitude ER-2 aircraft and the AVIRIS-5 sensor to map critical minerals across the American West, supporting research on resources used in electronics, clean energy, and national ...

NASA has embarked on an exciting mission to locate critical minerals essential for modern technology and clean energy by ...

Earth's atmosphere is surprisingly contributing to the Moon, a new study reveals. Tiny particles, guided by magnetic fields, ...

X-ray scans reveal rare chemical signatures in asteroid grains that hint at water, organics and the building blocks of life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

AVIRIS-5 is one of the newest tools in a joint research project from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) called GEMx. The project is designed to search for surface traces of critical minerals, ...

Earth's deep mantle stored enough water in rocks to equal one ocean during our planet's early molten days, helping explain ...

Scientists have uncovered new details explaining why iron oxide minerals are such effective long-term carbon traps in soils.

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Today, oceans cover about 70% of Earth’s surface. This stark contrast has long driven scientific interest in how water ...

When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers ...

Earth’s deep interior still shapes the world above your feet. Water trapped far below the surface helps control how rocks ...