Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, ...

New research using NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered strong evidence that Mars' Jezero Crater experienced multiple ...

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...

Jezero Crater’s rocks reveal three stages of water activity, shifting from hostile acidic fluids to more life-friendly ...

The composition of crystals in volcanic rocks changes with their ages in ways that correlate with the Solar System’s ...

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could ...

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...

NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the ...

An uncrewed mission called Artemis 1 flew around the moon and back again in 2022. Four astronauts aim to do the same next ...

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our ...

The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and ...