Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth, a new ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

Rare earth magnets are in a lot of everyday items, and make a lot of your most basic electronics work, but they're also an ...

To answer these questions, it is easiest to start with the amount of gold that humans have mined to date. The U.S. Geological ...

With global supplies and costs of rare earths becoming a serious concern among various industries, here's a lowdown on what ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests ...

China has pulled back its rare earths exports, which are vital to everyday technologies and American defense. But the U.S.

Scientists found that the speed at which continents split apart directly influences how molten rock flows deep beneath ...

Scientists believe Michigan may be an abundant source of what could become the next big thing in carbon-free energy.

While China has a near monopoly on rare earth element processing and refining, it has quietly become reliant on raw materials ...

So Jonathan O’Neil and his team turned to samarium and neodymium isotopes – elements better suited for this kind ... it would make the Nuvvuagittuq belt the oldest known chunk of Earth’s crust, edging ...