Imagine never being able to dream of landing on Mars or traveling to Saturn. Not because it's impossible to get there, but ...

There are 79 known moons of Jupiter. What if we move Earth into its orbit too? How would Jupiter's super-strong gravity ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these tiny bits of lightning give off sounds more like those that people associate ...

How life began on Earth is one of the biggest remaining questions in science. Now, NASA has taken a major step towards answering this query.

By Vir Singh Life on the planet is rooted in the soil. The soil is not just the uppermost mantle of our planet’s land, it is the largest terrestrial ecosystem and a remarkable habitat ...

The Earth Rover Program today launches globally, introducing 'soilsmology”-a novel application of seismology that opens an ...

Scorching planets that should be bone-dry may actually create their own water deep inside, forging oceans through molten rock ...

If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age.

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention of scientists. This planet orbits the star within the "Goldilocks zone"—a ...

Minnesota’s largest city was briefly colder than Mars last month. A late-November cold snap in Minneapolis sent temperatures ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...