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.

In a Masterclass that filled a 600-seat auditorium at the Bogotá Audiovisual Market ( BAM ), Argentina’s Lucrecia Martel (“ La Cienaga ,” “Zama”) stood for an hour, despite using a cane. “I look more like a shepherd angel than a filmmaker,” she quipped, adding that she was in the middle of a shoot but couldn’t resist BAM’s invitation.

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

It was the fourth private astronaut mission funded by Houston-based Axiom Space and the second commanded by veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson.

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.

MP Materials will supply Apple with magnets it produces at a Texas facility, expanding Apple’s U.S. supply chain at a time when President Trump has pressured Apple to do so.

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

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.