The Latest Breaking News from Earth

We're not the only ones who see a baboon in this nebula photo, right?

A proposed constellation of satellites has astronomers very worried. Unlike satellites that reflect sunlight and produce light pollution as an unfortunate byproduct, the ones by US startup Reflect Orbital would produce light pollution by design.

Something remarkable just happened in the global resource chessboard — and it could turn into President Donald Trump's next ‘America First’ trade. When Beijing tightened its grip on rare earth exports this week, it didn't just rattle global supply chains — it lit a fire under USA Rare Earth Inc…

Critical Metals has surged nearly 120% this year on speculation that the Trump administration could take a direct stake in the company’s Greenland rare-earth mine, a move that could reshape U.S. mineral independence.

Shares of The Metals Company (NASDAQ:TMC) are rising Thursday afternoon, hitting a new 52-week high as investors flock to domestic rare earth and battery metal stocks. Here’s what you need to know.

Observations by a system of radio telescopes have offered the first visual evidence for the existence of black hole pairs. But vital follow-up observations are needed before we know for sure.

An astrophysicist interview underlines the growing risk of satellites, from the increasingly crowded skies, falling to Earth.

Rare earth and metals stocks continued the recent rally after China, supplier of over 90% of the world's processed rare earths, further restricted exports on Thursday. 

Most people are lucky to simply get a glimpse of some fragment of a whale. A subtle puff of mist over the horizon, the curve of a dark smooth back sliding beneath the surface, or for the fortunate, the flash of a tail or the explosive splash of 40 tons…

The Trump administration just made its third investment in a metals company, sending shares up over 200%—Is USA Rare Earths next up?

CAS Space is preparing to launch its first liquid propellant rocket, the Kinetica 2, carrying a prototype cargo spacecraft — the latest sign of China's accelerating commercial launch sector.