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Perseverance Finds Record Nickel in Mars Bedrock That Bolsters Case for Ancient Habitability

The chemistry points to past water-rich, oxygen-poor conditions conducive to microbes.

Dateline Stakes Rare Earth Claims Next to Joshua Tree as Critics Sound Habitat Alarm

China Confirms Huge Rare Earth, Fluorite and Baryte Reserves at Sichuan Mine, Plus Major Antimony Find

Lab-Made Hexagonal Diamond Clears Key Tests, Slightly Out-Hardens Cubic Diamond

Study Confirms North Sea’s Silverpit Crater Was Made by an Asteroid, Triggering Ancient Mega-Tsunami

Curiosity Maps Martian ‘Boxwork’ Ridges, Spots Spheroidal Nodules and Confirms Clay–Carbonate Split

Amber Time Capsules Hint at Ancient Ant Interactions

Oxford Study Finds Moon’s Magnetic Field Was Mostly Weak Through Its History

Curiosity Confirms Kilometer-Scale 'Boxwork' Ridges as Ancient Groundwater Fractures on Mount Sharp

Curiosity Wraps Six-Month Survey of Mars "Spiderweb" Ridges, Confirms Fractures and Tests for Organics

India Puts Rare-Earth Resources at 8.5 Mt REO After New AMD Update

Japan Confirms World-First Lift of Rare-Earth Mud From 6 Km Depth Near Minamitorishima

Japan Recovers Rare-Earth-Bearing Seabed Mud at 6,000 Meters in First-of-Its-Kind Test

Webb Links Protostellar Bursts to Crystal Formation and Outflows in EC 53

New Study Points to Human Transport of Stonehenge’s Bluestones, Not Glaciers

New Mineral Evidence Rules Out Glacial Delivery of Stonehenge Stones

‘Star of Pure Land’ Purple Star Sapphire Unveiled in Sri Lanka After GIA Certification

Litchfield Steps Up NT Search With Deep Drilling and IP as New Silver Valley Targets Emerge

Colombo Unveils 3,563-Carat 'Star of Pure Land,' Largest Documented Purple Star Sapphire

Sri Lanka Unveils 3,563-Carat Purple Star Sapphire Claimed as Largest of Its Kind