During a special observation run from Jan. 15 to Jan. 22, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ( TESS) repeatedly ...

The cycling of water within Earth's interior regulates plate tectonics, volcanism, ocean volume, and climate stability, ...

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

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A new study analyzes potential technologies for extracting water on Mars, a critical resource for future human missions. The study evaluates the feasibility of acquiring water from Martian sources and ...

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet," study lead Miki Nakajima, an associate professor in the ...

NASA research using Apollo lunar regolith data refines the Moon’s impact record and places limits on meteorite contributions to Earth’s water over geologic time.

How nutrients from Europa's icy shell reach its ocean has been unclear despite several theories.

Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These ...

On January 24, 1986, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus. This was the first time any spacecraft had ever visited ...

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