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US and China reach deal to ease rare earth mineral export curbs after talks in London

US commerce secretary says framework puts ‘meat on the bones’ of deal reached last month in Geneva to ease retaliatory tariffs

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025

Astronomers see the 1st stars dispel darkness 13 billion years ago at 'Cosmic Dawn'

The CLASS telescope array has taken a fresh look at the infant universe to hunt for polarized light in the Cosmic Microwave Background that resembles light bouncing off a cosmic car hood.

Space · Jun 11, 2025

Someone Asks People To Share Facts That “Barely Anyone Knows”, And They Deliver (27 Answers)

There's tons about our world that you don't know. Fortunately, some asked the internet to collect all the facts that they think nearly nobody else knows, and boy did they deliver! Click to learn something new.

Bored Panda · Jun 11, 2025

‘The US loves to have Chinese students’: Trump gives in to China after devastating tariff blunders

Trump's concessions raise questions about US leverage and China's strategic dominance.

We Got This Covered · Jun 10, 2025

'We've got a new mystery on our hands': Titan's weird wobble just got even stranger

New research reveals more about why Saturn's large moon tilts, a puzzle that has intrigued scientists for decades.

Space · Jun 10, 2025

First-ever image of China's mysterious 'quasi moon' probe revealed weeks after it secretly launched into space

A new image released by China's space agency offers the first glimpse at the Tianwen 2 spacecraft, which is en route to collect samples from one of Earth's "quasi-moons". The photo shows some surprising similarities with a current NASA probe.

LiveScience · Jun 10, 2025

Coating satellites with super-dark Vantablack paint could help fight light pollution crisis

Light streaks caused by passing satellites mar images taken by the world's most expensive telescopes. The problem is set to get worse.

Space · Jun 10, 2025

Inside Europe’s simulated lunar surface: preparing for the moon in Cologne

At the edge of Cologne, Germany, a large industrial building contains something extraordinary: the most advanced simulated lunar environment on Earth. Developed jointly by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the European Space Agency (ESA), this facility — known as LUNA — is designed to prepare astronauts, robots, and technologies…

Radio France Internationale · Jun 10, 2025

Even Elysium’s director thinks his film is a mess – but a decade on, it deserves a second chance

Matt Damon runs around the US in 2154, when civil liberties are eroded, healthcare is for the rich and wealth inequality is soaring. But it’s sci-fi!

The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2025

An astronaut shot his first-ever time-lapse – and let’s just say it’s way better than my first attempt to capture the aurora

Astronaut Jonny Kim says this is his first attempt at a time-lapse – and it's a spectacular glimpse of the aurora from space

Digital Camera World · Jun 10, 2025