The question of whether there is or was life on Mars has been around for a long time, but NASA's Perseverance rover might ...

New simulations suggest Earthlike planets may be much more typical than previously thought whereas water worlds may not.

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...

While Turkey Run State Park (its more famous neighbor) handles the bulk of Indiana’s nature-seeking tourists, you’ll be free to explore moss-covered ravines and sun-dappled ridges with only the ...

TRAPPIST-1e shows no signs of its first atmosphere, but hints of a secondary one remain. Liquid water could still be possible ...

NASA scientists say a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater may contain the strongest signs yet of ...

"The results reported here can be crucial when down-selecting which samples, if not all, are returned to Earth." ...

Potentially the largest known source of niobium discovered in central Australia formed 830 million years ago, and we can ...

The formation of the island is a concern to experts, highlighting the broader issue of glacier retreat caused by climate change.

Astronomers are uncovering the earliest stages of planet formation with the help of technologies like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Recent findings from the Butterfly Nebula, 3,400 ...

Several well-known meteorite discoveries are still a mystery. Avi Loeb’s interpretation of some meteorite debris possibly being of alien origin is controversial, because peer‑reviewed analyses point ...

A lookout point in the foothills of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-high mountain, allowed the rover to see all the way across Gale ...