US gets rare earth reprieve from China
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A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three dimensions.
By early December, 3I/ATLAS will move away from the Sun’s vicinity, and its glare, and will be visible again in the Northern Hemisphere with its closest pass to Earth occurring on December 19.
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could help protect Earth from dangerous asteroids. Here's how
The comet, called 3I/ATLAS, is the third known interstellar object that has come through our solar system. As it flies deeper into the solar system before leaving our cosmic neighborhood some time between Nov. 27, 2025 and Jan. 27, 2026, the International Asteroid Warning Network is kicking off a campaign to observe the comet.
Indian companies have received licences for importing rare earth magnets from China, India's foreign ministry said on Thursday, signalling some easing in Beijing's export control.
The climate is "continuing to shift in a very dangerous direction"—and action is needed—Christopher Wolf told Newsweek.
President Donald Trump is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this week where rare earths could emerge as a key discussion point.
Most people would think that Earth only has one moon, but in reality it's had multiple moons on more than one time. And right now is one of those times.
Space.com, which first reported the images, notes that this kind of Halloween-themed coincidence isn't new. The Sun has shown similar expressions before: a "smile" captured in 2022 and a jack-o'-lantern-like glow spotted in 2014—both caught by the same spacecraft, which has been observing the Sun since 2010.