In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big task for his scholars: a map that would depict the entire world. The ...

Tianwen 2, part of China’s growing space ambitions, aims to study Kamo’oalewa, one of Earth’s seven “quasi-moons.” These objects are in near-Earth orbits but are not considered true moons.

Shandong University released the world's first mineralogical ground truth report on magnesium-rich pyroxene annulus from the far side of the moon. The findings, derived from samples returned by ...

China's Ministry of Commerce in early April imposed export restrictions on several rare earth elements and magnets widely used in the automotive and defense sectors. The curbs were part of a ...

The Brief President Donald Trump says the United States will get magnets and rare earth minerals from China under a new trade deal. The deal also includes tariffs on Chinese goods at 55%. In ...

Auto industry sounds the alarm as China's rare earth curbs start to bite By Sam Meredith, CNBC • Published June 5, 2025 • Updated on June 5, 2025 at 1:38 am ...

China Launches Mission to Capture Pieces of an Unusual Asteroid The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.