Scientists are tracing ancient helium trapped beneath South Africa’s gold fields, revealing how rare gas survives for ...

Collapsing monster Simulation of a primordial monster star giving birth to a quasar – an extremely luminous active galactic ...

South Africa’s Witwatersrand Basin and the Virginia Gas Project supply a rare element vital for MRI scanners; estimates ...

Astronomers from the University of Geneva, working with colleagues in Canada and the United States, have captured the ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious 'iron bar' in the heart of a nearby nebula that could offer a glimpse into Earth's ...

Global lithium demand is projected to reach around 2 million tonnes in 2026, driven by these sectors amid tightening supply ...

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the dwarf galaxy Sextans A, one ...

A famous night-sky object has yielded a surprise: a narrow, bar-shaped cloud made of highly ionized iron. The discovery comes ...

Glasgow University is celebrating its 575th birthday today (7 January, 2026). The university is the second oldest in Scotland ...

Scientists say Earth’s magnetic field may have funneled atmospheric particles to the moon for billions of years. Lunar soil could preserve a record of Earth’s past while providing resources for future ...

A new study suggests lunar soil contains elements that solar wind transported to the moon from Earth’s atmosphere, solving a ...

Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field.