The Tibetan Plateau, often called the "roof of the world," continues to baffle geologists and others curious about Earth’s ...

Earth is unique amongst the rocky planets in having two very different types of crust. Continental crust is composed primarily of silica-rich rocks like the granite of your kitchen countertops.

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A federal government investment fund has committed $200 million to help develop a rare earths mine and processing facility in Central Australia. Last year, the federal government announced an $ ...

These anomalies are surprisingly similar to sunken chunks of Earth's crust but appear in seemingly impossible places. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Sucerquia and colleagues selected five sets of spherical moons and their neighboring planets, including Earth and the moon. For each set, the team added rings to all the satellites, then simulated ...

LEXI, an X-ray imager, includes nine lobster-eye micropore optical elements and is designed to monitor the interaction of solar wind with Earth's magnetosphere. It will capture low-energy X-rays ...

This fresh perspective has led scientists to wonder if there is hidden material in places once believed to be empty. Earth’s mantle is the thick layer of rock that lies between the planet’s crust and ...

Tanbreez plans to mine 500,000mt annually of the rare earths-containing mineral eudialyte by 2026. Credit: Joaquin Corbalan P/Shutterstock. US and Danish officials have lobbied Tanbreez Mining, the ...

US and Danish officials have lobbied Tanbreez Mining, the developer of Greenland's largest rare earths deposit, to refrain from selling its project to companies linked to China. The Tanbreez ...

In fact, Earth's inner core appears to have another even more inner core within it. "Traditionally we've been taught the Earth has four main layers: the crust, the mantle, the outer core and the inner ...