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NASA says Earth has a second moon for the next 58 years

NASA has confirmed that Earth has gained a temporary cosmic companion in the form of asteroid 2025 PN7, which will orbit our ...

China’s rare earth export delay offers US a chance to weaken Beijing’s grip on the market

China’s promise to delay its newest restrictions on the export of the rare earths that are crucial to many high-tech products ...

U.S. quest for rare earth elements sparks Texas mining revival

The U.S. doesn’t produce the minerals and metals needed for renewable energy, microchips or military technology. Authorities ...

Scientists create 1st-ever 3-dimensional map of world outside Earth's solar system

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

Malaysia’s US$143 million magnet plant will strengthen rare earth attraction: Anwar

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the development of a 600 million ringgit (US$143 million) super magnet ...
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Earth Is Getting Dimmer—and the Northern Hemisphere Is Losing Brightness Faster Than Scientists Expected

New research challenges the idea that the hemispheres' matching brightness is a fundamental property of the planet ...

India is set to triple rare earth magnets plan to $788 million

India plans to almost triple the size of its incentive program for rare earth magnet manufacturing to more than 70 billion rupees ($788 million) as it races to build domestic capacity in a sector ...

Researchers make disturbing discovery lingering deep within Earth's oceans: 'Relatively under-investigated'

Commercial vessels, particularly fishing boats, are known sources of ocean plastic, losing up to a million tons of plastic ...