How Earth got its water may trace back to its original building blocks. Apollo Moon soil shows meteorites added only a small ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This ...

A new NASA study of its Apollo lunar soils clarifies the Moon’s record of meteorite impacts and timing of water delivery.

The ore was recovered in the early 1970s and completely stumped scientists, until they realized it was evidence of something ...

Is Greenland a land of rare earth riches? The Indicator tells the story of an Australian geologist who learned the great cost ...

Rare rocks buried deep in central Australia have revealed how a valuable niobium deposit formed during the breakup of an ...

Researchers have discovered that chemical reactions in underwater hydrothermal vents could have produced the necessary ...

India, Jan. 22 -- Rare earth elements are a group of 17 metals that underpin modern technology, enabling gadgets ranging from ...

A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history could have delivered a major share of Earth's water. A new study by Universities Space Research ...

Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, ...

Even healthy foods can contain trace amounts of elements such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic. These "heavy metals" ...

Traditional methods of rare earth mining are resource-intensive and pose significant environmental damage. Technology ...