Apple, rare earths
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SpaceX capsule with 4 crew members back on Earth
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Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest — but an independent analysis shows they might be off by at least 800 million years.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos taps one of his former executives as the new president and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund.
The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust moved in relation to each other as early as 3.5 billion years ago
When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon called true polar wander
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U.S. efforts to break China's dominance of the rare earths market and to drive investment in its own industry have moved up a gear with a Washington-backed plan to create a separate, higher pricing system.
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Space.com on MSNSpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from CaliforniaSpaceX sent 26 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Tuesday (July 15), after a launch from southern California. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:05 p.m. PDT local (10:05 p.m. EDT or 0205 GMT July 18), escaping the fog and cloud cover blanketing Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community stated that clearly in the 2020 Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 (Astro2020).
With GPS increasingly vulnerable to tampering, planes need more reliable navigation systems. The magnetic pull in the Earth’s crust could offer a novel solution.