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Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions ...

Saudi Arabia's state-owned mining company Maaden has announced an investment of $110 billion over the next 10 years.

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Australia has become £4.5 trillion richer overnight after discovering the world's largest iron deposit. One of the most ...

While humans have been obsessed with going to heaven, a former Harvard professor has asked and answered one of the most vital ...

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Hi-tech batteries and devises are dependent on rare earth minerals. That is a bit of a misnomer; they are found many places, ...

Nasa researchers studying Apollo-era lunar soil discovered that meteorites from the Moon provided only a small fraction of ...

As the Artemis II mission gears up for its Feb. 6 launch, final preparations are underway at Kennedy Space Center, including ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.