UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most ...

New research shows how Mars may have undone its own habitability, while Earth stayed stable enough to support life.

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Mars, a planet once capable of sustaining liquid water and harboring flowing rivers, today stands as a frozen desert. For ...

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

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

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

The experiments show a real chance of creating self-sufficient, closed-loop living spaces using shelters made from ...

Scientists identified a heartbeat-like rhythmic pulse trapped within the Earth — and say it has profound implications for a whole continent.

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

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.