From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...

How did this life survive? New research out of the University of Texas in Austin is revealing how an atmosphere may have ...

Massive lava-carved tunnels have been confirmed beneath the surface of Venus, providing the strongest evidence yet that the ...

Curiosity is exploring Mars’ boxwork terrain, where ridges and hollows may have formed from cementation and erosion. The ...

Mars has cloudy nights - but why? This exciting discovery on the Red Planet has helped scientists figure out a more complete ...

Scientists believe Mars was once much more Earth-like, with rivers, lakes, and possibly oceans, but the loss of its magnetic field left it exposed to solar radiation that stripped away its atmosphere ...

NASA has discovered signs of life on Mars in the form of organic carbon, sulfur, rust, and phosphorous in a canyon, and new ...

It has been suggested that lava tubes - underground tunnels carved out by molten rock - might be on Venus, and now we have ...

Here, the 'ice volcano' does not erupt molten rock, but rather 'ice magma' formed from a mixture of water ice, liquid brine, ...

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

Mars may have released sulfur gases that trapped heat, shaped the climate, and created conditions for ancient life.

Was Mars once warm enough to support life? Scientists are still unclear about what the climate was like on Mars billions of years ago. However, there are some clues. A form of sulfur from active ...