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For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the first stars in the universe affect light emitted from the Big Bang.
Currently, Turkmenistan’s Door to Hell measures roughly 230 feet wide by 100 feet deep, and often exceeds 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s estimated that the landmark attracts over 10,000 visitors every year. Meanwhile, the country’s government has spent decades wrestling with how to best handle the constant blaze.
As fascinating as bizarre signals from other planets can be—teaching us about earthquakes on Mars or auroras in the skies of Jupiter —sometimes even weirder signals come from weather extremes happening right here on Earth.
Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For decades, scientists puzzled over this D' layer. Now, groundbreaking experiments by ETH Zurich have finally revealed that solid rock flows at extreme depths,
Suspension of critical metals and magnets threatens factories as Beijing flexes leverage in ongoing trade tensions.
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US commerce secretary says framework puts ‘meat on the bones’ of deal reached last month in Geneva to ease retaliatory tariffs
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Export controls on rare-earth metals have been part of China's retaliation to U.S. tariffs, and a key goal for the U.S. side in trade negotiations has been to get China to speed up exports of rare-earth minerals and magnets.