Metallic asteroids are thought to have started out as blobs of molten iron floating in space. As if that’s not strange enough, scientists now think that as the metal cooled and solidified, volcanoes ...

Rare earth metals are becoming more and more in-demand as we move toward a clean energy future, but the distribution of these metals means that their extraction can be incredibly damaging. Right now, ...

A hoard of metal objects unearthed near a volcanic hilltop in Hungary has helped unravel the mysteries of an ancient European population that lived 3,400 years ago. Excavations at western Hungary’s ...