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Asteroids around Venus pose possible 'invisible threat' to Earth: Should you be worried?
A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...
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A hidden 'super-Earth' exoplanet is dipping in and out of its habitable zone
With 10 times the mass of our planet, and spending only part of its orbit in the habitable zone, Kepler-725c is very ...
How one planet is revealing why it’s so hard to detect life beyond Earth
As astronomers study an exoplanet called K2-18b, conflicting research reveals how difficult it is to find evidence of life ...
Oklahoma company seeks to buoy U.S. production of critical rare earth magnets
Stillwater, Oklahoma — Buried on Round Top Mountain in a remote part of West Texas are rare earth minerals, the metals that ...
Earth's atmosphere hasn't had this much CO2 in millions of years
New data shows that CO2 levels have broken through 430 parts per million, an indication that human-caused global warming will ...
Exclusive: China issues rare earth licenses to suppliers of top 3 US automakers, sources say
China has granted temporary export licenses to rare-earth suppliers of the top three U.S. automakers, two sources familiar ...
Asteroids with ‘unstable orbits’ hide around Venus—do they threaten Earth?
New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.
In the First ‘Alien: Earth’ Trailer, Everyone Can Hear You Scream
After years of waiting and teasing, we have our first full look at Alien: Earth, and the series is shaping up to be exactly ...
China’s rare earth weapon changes contours of trade war battlefield
China has signalled for more than 15 years that it was looking to weaponise areas of the global supply chain, a strategy ...