China, Trump and rare earth
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China’s promise to delay its newest restrictions on the export of the rare earths that are crucial to many high-tech products for one year as part of a trade agreement creates an opportunity for the U.
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The U.S. doesn’t produce the minerals and metals needed for renewable energy, microchips or military technology. Authorities want to change that as quickly as possible.
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.
President Donald Trump is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this week where rare earths could emerge as a key discussion point.
As the third confirmed interstellar object to pass through our solar system, 3I/ATLAS is prime for new discoveries. It was first identified in July and will travel closest to Earth in December.
Homo sapiens is the most successful mammalian species in Earth history, and it’s not even close. The species thrives on nearly every continent, in a variety of adverse conditions, and outnumbers the second-place contender—the rat—by at least a cool billion.
If the hypothetical Taurid resonant swarm does occur, it will make a close flyby of Earth in 2032 and 2036. During those years, Earth could experience a higher impact risk from the Taurid meteor shower. Luckily, we have enough time to observe these dense clusters and come up with ways to mitigate the damage from a potential strike.