Earth's largest gold reserves are not kept inside Fort Knox, the United States Bullion Depository. In fact, they are hidden ...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than ...

Commercial mining on the miles-deep Pacific Ocean floor came one step closer to reality with an announcement late Tuesday by ...

The Trump administration says it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa.

Astronomers have long been intrigued by the makeup of the asteroid belt’s largest body. When it was first spotted in 1801, ...

A vast hidden ocean may lie 400 miles beneath Earth’s surface—trapped inside the mineral ringwoodite. This discovery could ...

A groundbreaking studypublished in Nature reveals compelling evidence of a vast ocean trapped deep within the Earth’s mantle, ...

Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean.