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A groundbreaking discovery in Australia is shaking up the world of mining. Scientists have uncovered a remarkable fungus that ...

Scientists analyzed the Moon's crater patterns and calculated the frequency and scale of metallic asteroid collisions. These asteroids, comprised of elements such as platinum, rhodium, iridium ...

Asteroids, moons and other celestial bodies contain raw materials. There are technical, legal and ethical challenges.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a ...

President Donald Trump’s so-called ‘big beautiful bill’ that sought to slash NASA’s budget is a dangerous misstep at a time ...

In Pip Adam’s extraordinary, humane book Audition, the stars are both a dystopian place and a site of uncharted possibility.