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Under a Metal Sky review: A rich new history of our obsession with extracting Earth’s resources

Sunset over the ruins of Wheal Coates in Cornwall, once among the UK’s most important tin mines David Chapman/Alamy Under…

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Earth’s core is ‘leaking’ gold, study finds

Researchers have found evidence that Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, according to a new study. The…

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SCIENCE

Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now — it could have held 2,000 Earths

Long before it became the giant planet we see today, Jupiter was even bigger and had a much stronger magnetic…

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Powerful Mother’s Day geomagnetic storm created radio-disrupting bubbles in Earth’s upper atmosphere

Researchers from Kyushu University in Japan have provided some new insights about the powerful geomagnetic storm that flared up last…

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SCIENCE

Has Polaris always been the North Star? How Earth’s 26,000 year cycle changes the ‘pole star’

Polaris, also known as the ‘Pole Star’ or ‘North Star’, is arguably the most famous stellar body to hang in…

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150,000-year history of Earth’s magnetic field reveals clues about the climate when early humans were spreading out of Africa

A tree-ringed African lake has yielded a record of Earth’s magnetic field spanning the past 150,000 years. A core of…

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BUSINESS

MP Materials, Maaden to jointly develop rare earths supply chain in Saudi

(Reuters) – U.S. rare earths miner MP Materials said on Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi…

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SCIENCE

Amateur astronomer reveals a colorful portrait of Earth’s closest star-forming neighbor (photo)

The Rho Ophiuchi stellar nursery, imaged by amateur astronomer Greg Meyer in April 2025. (Image credit: Greg Meyer) Astrophotographer Greg…

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SCIENCE

See what it’s like to witness Earth’s poles from space in this stunning 4-hour SpaceX video

Just over a month since the return of the first astronauts to orbit Earth’s poles, SpaceX has released a four-hour…

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Soviet space lander set to reenter Earth’s atmosphere this weekend : NPR

The crescent moon and Venus are pictured in Bangkok in 2023. A failed Soviet lander bound for Venus in 1972…

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