Discussions with the US on rare-earth mineral projects in Russia are underway, a senior adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. According to Kirill Dmitriev – the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and a key member of Moscow’s delegation to talks aimed at normalizing relations with …
Read More »China exerts global rare earths dominance
The mega-mining entity has been formed by consolidating rare earth subsidiaries of state-owned corporations such as China Minmetals, Aluminum Corporation of China, and Ganzhou Rare Earth Group, according to a stock exchange filing seen by Bloomberg. Dubbed China Rare-Earths Group, the new enterprise is expected to ramp up the development …
Read More »Scientists have discovered two new “super-earths”
An international team of scientists found that the planet K2-18b and her roommate are the supersense.They are at a distance of 111 light years from Earth and orbit the star, which is part of the constellation Leo. It is known that the planet K2-18b lies in the habitable zone of …
Read More »Astronomers have discovered three super-earths
These planets are several times bigger than Earth. A group of scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian center for astrophysics with a telescope “Kepler” during the K2 mission has discovered three super-earths – exoplanets orbiting the star GJ 9827. Astronomers have discovered three new super-earths Super-earths or super-earth, is a planet outside …
Read More »Found a potentially habitable super-earths
Exoplanet located at a distance of 21 light-years from Earth and is 2.8 times heavier. Astronomers from Spain, Switzerland and Italy discovered super-earths in the habitable zone of the parent star. A study published in the library of electronic preprints. Exoplanet located at a distance of 21 light-years from Earth …
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