Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest — but an independent analysis shows they might be off by at least 800 million years.

It was the fourth private astronaut mission funded by Houston-based Axiom Space and the second commanded by veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson.

MP Materials’ goal to become a national rare-earths “champion” that can go toe-to-toe with China was turbocharged by Pentagon investment and an Apple deal. But its journey there highlights the hurdles American producers face.

In a Masterclass that filled a 600-seat auditorium at the Bogotá Audiovisual Market ( BAM ), Argentina’s Lucrecia Martel (“ La Cienaga ,” “Zama”) stood for an hour, despite using a cane. “I look more like a shepherd angel than a filmmaker,” she quipped, adding that she was in the middle of a shoot but couldn’t resist BAM’s invitation.

U.S. efforts to break China's dominance of the rare earths market and to drive investment in its own industry have moved up a gear with a Washington-backed plan to create a separate, higher pricing system.

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon called true polar wander

With GPS increasingly vulnerable to tampering, planes need more reliable navigation systems. The magnetic pull in the Earth’s crust could offer a novel solution.

The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community stated that clearly in the 2020 Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 (Astro2020).