A bunch of materials called rare earth elements (REE) that are crucial for producing a vast range of tech products – from ...

Scientists have discovered a fern from South China that naturally forms tiny crystals containing rare earth elements (REEs).

Scientists found 3.3 billion-year-old biosignatures in ancient meteorites and fossils—a billion years older than we thought ...

Around 4.4 billion years ago, a massive collision between the early Earth, called proto-Earth, and a smaller planet named ...

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest chemical traces of life on Earth using a new machine learning method that identifies ...

A Rutgers researcher and collaborators have linked unusual geological anomalies to Earth’s molten origins and its unique habitability. For many years, researchers have struggled to understand two ...

About 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal impact between the young Earth and a mysterious planetary body called Theia changed everything—reshaping Earth, forming the Moon, and scattering clues across ...

Astronomers have found a space rock that has been quietly hanging around Earth for decades: a tiny asteroid named 2025 PN7. This so-called “quasi-moon” isn’t a true moon or a mini-moon, because it ...