Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, starting Wednesday, July 9.

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one day resemble our own.

Radar signals from "leaky" civilian and military aviation systems could act as a beacon to alien life, revealing intelligent life on Earth while helping us pinpoint them.

Alien: Earth creator Noah Hawley explains why the franchise's first live-action series takes place on our planet, instead of space.

Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than in neighboring regions of the universe, astronomers say.

Microplastics are tiny, sometimes imperceptible pieces of plastic that are no bigger than 5 millimeters, or the size of a pencil eraser.

The Defense Department is buying $400 million of stock in rare-earth mining company MP Materials as it seeks to boost domestic sources of the critical minerals.

China has quietly issued its first 2025 rare earth mining and smelting quotas without the typical public statement, sources with knowledge of the matter said this week, another sign of Beijing ...

China, which provides more than 90% of the global supply of rare earth magnets, decided in early April to add several rare earth items to its export restriction list in retaliation for U.S. tariffs.

MP Materials Corporation surged as much as 60% on news that the Defense Department is taking a stake. The company owns and operates the only rare earth mine in the US in Mountain Pass, California ...

A new trade agreement between the US and China has eased export restrictions on rare earth minerals, bringing relief to industries dependent on these critical materials.

See how Diego Leon has earned a move to Old Trafford, while still a teenager.