Given the increasing importance of rare earths, countries with large reserves are gaining significant economic and political influence.

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at ...

NASA has launched a $488m infra-red mission to map the distribution of galaxies and study cosmic inflation. The ...

Thorium, an abundant and safer alternative to uranium, could soon become a vital resource in the quest to meet energy needs.