One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...

By discovering carbonate rocks, NASA's Mars rovers may have unlocked the key to understanding the fate of the Red Planet's climate.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that precious metals like gold are leaking from Earth’s core into the mantle, ultimately ...

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or melted by geologic processes over billions of years.

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

NASA announced possible evidence of present-day liquid water on Mars. Scientists analyzed data from NASA's Mars Global ...

The NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission explored Saturn and its moons from 2004 to 2017, providing the most detailed images and ...

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.

Studies of 15 M-type stars have revealed new insights into the potential presence of exoplanets. A new study led by ...

Over the last few years, the term "Goldilocks zone" has come to be widely used to describe the range of distances from a star ...