As demand for rare earth elements increases, the United States is strengthening its domestic supply chain. Ana Inés Torres is ...

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Scientists have discovered the elusive properties hidden within promethium, a rare earth element that has remained largely ...

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Seattle-based Interlune has won two contracts to sell thousands of liters of helium-3 excavated from the Moon’s surface and ...

Crewmembers on upcoming Artemis missions could potentially return samples from the moon's mantle back to Earth, providing ...

At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric ...

The term 'rare earth' dates to an 18th‑century Swedish mine and survives mainly out of habit. In truth, these 17 metals are ...

When we think about space exploration, most of the focus is on what’s out there — the Moon, Mars, distant asteroids. But what ...

A professor from The Open University is just one of seven international scientists trusted by China to take the moon rocks ...