Most starships in Star Trek are able to travel across the galaxy at faster-than-light speeds through the use of warp drives ...

On January 2, 1860, French astronomer Urbain (often spelled Urban) Le Verrier announced what he believed to be the discovery of a new planet orbiting closer to the Sun than Mercury. He named it Vulcan ...

Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd., a lithium and geothermal producer backed by Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, has secured a A$3.9 billion ($2.5 billion) financing package for a project in Germany.

I’m Brian Gordon, tech reporter for The News & Observer, and this is Open Source, a weekly newsletter on business, labor and technology in North Carolina. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein is in agreement ...

BENSON, N.C. (WTVD) -- A large crowd gathered in Johnston County on Tuesday for a major economic announcement. Vulcan Elements chose Benson for a new magnet factory. The project will bring 1,000 new ...

A Research Triangle Park-based rare earths magnet company has announced it is building a nearly billion-dollar factory in Johnston County, near the confluence of Interstate 40 and Interstate 95.

A budding manufacturer of rare-earth magnets plans to create up to 1,000 jobs in Johnston County, state officials said Tuesday — part of a $918 million project backed by the federal government, aimed ...

An Arizona-based astrophotographer has pulled off what may be an unprecedented feat in photography: capturing a skydiver in free fall perfectly aligned with the surface of the sun. Andrew McCarthy, ...

An amazing photo shows a person seemingly skydiving through a vast backdrop of the Sun. But instead of deploying generative AI or other editing trickery, the photographer behind the once-in-a-lifetime ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and private investors are partnering with two rare earth startups in a $1.4 billion deal to scale up the nation’s access to materials and technology that is ...

Vulcan said Monday it will build and operate a 10,000-metric-ton magnet production facility in the U.S., while ReElement Technologies scales its recycling and refining of rare earth oxides from end-of ...