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Tanzania's Zanzibar steps up mineral exploration after promising preliminary studies | News. az
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (221+ words) Feels like: 25. 1 C25. 1 F | Patchy light rain with thunder Tanzania's Zanzibar is stepping up efforts to explore and develop its mineral resources following encouraging preliminary studies that indicate the presence of strategic mineral deposits, a senior official said on Saturday. Ali…...
Strange planetary phenomenon baffles scientists
3+ week, 4+ day ago (647+ words) Feels like: 10. 4 C10. 4 F | Clear Astronomers have found the strongest evidence to date that exoplanets'planets beyond our solar system'have magnetic fields, a trait shared by Earth and five other planets in our solar system. This groundbreaking finding, derived from observations of…...
NASA reveals new strategy in the search for life beyond Earth
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (268+ words) Feels like: 20. 3 C20. 3 F | Partly cloudy NASA has released a major astrobiology study focused on improving future missions designed to search for evidence of life elsewhere in the solar system. The report, known as the PESTO Search for Life Instrumentation Study,…...
Indonesia Mount Merapi emits eight hot clouds as volcanic activity intensifies - VIDEO
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (425+ words) Feels like: 10. 9 C10. 9 F | Sunny The volcanic activity of'Mount Merapi'in Indonesia has shown a significant escalation with a record of three hot cloud emissions on Sunday morning, April 12, 2026. Over the past week, there have been a total of eight'hot cloud emissions'from…...
Famous 300 million year old octopus fossil unmasked as a nautilus
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (524+ words) Feels like: 5. 2 C5. 2 F | Partly cloudy A famous 300-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be the world's oldest octopus'even featuring in the Guinness Book of Records'has turned out to be something else altogether. In what amounts to a case of mistaken…...
US mineral push faces militant threat in Pakistan
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (505+ words) The United States is stepping up efforts to secure access to critical minerals in Pakistan, but security challenges and militant activity in key mining regions are emerging as major obstacles, according to reporting from the region. Pakistan says it holds…...
Japan retrieves rare earth-rich sediment from seabed
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (203+ words) Japan has successfully retrieved rare earth-rich sediment from the deep seabed, marking a step toward a potential domestic supply of rare earths, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki said Monday, News. Azreports, citing Jiji Press. RECOMMENDED STORIES Japan's Nintendo keeps…...
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts again
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (212+ words) Mount Semeru erupted once more on Saturday, releasing a column of smoke and ash approximately 1, 000 meters (3, 280 feet) above its peak in Indonesia's East Java province. Volcanic activity at the mountain has surged sharply, with monitoring instruments recording 157 eruptions during the…...