New research indicates that early Martian volcanoes may have emitted reactive sulfur gases that warmed the planet and supported conditions suitable for microbial life. Although scientists are still ...

Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including ...

Venus, Earth's hostile twin, is growing more unpredictable for upcoming space missions. Extreme heat, crushing pressure, and ...

NASA takes the lead in this high-stakes ocean-monitoring mission. A full launch coverage of on ocean-monitoring mission will ...

Cassini data reveal how Saturn’s moon Enceladus leaks enough heat to keep its buried ocean warm and potentially habitable ...

Pumping groundwater appears to have a greater consequence than ever previously thought. But now—thanks to a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters— we can see that, in less than ...

Artistic rendering of the High-Rate Delay Tolerant Networking protocol being used on the Laser Communications Relay ...

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...

Signals from satellites orbiting hundreds of kilometers above Earth are revealing dramatic changes deep beneath the Antarctic ...

When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach ...

Watch live as billionaire Jeff Bezos's space firm Blue Origin launches a NASA mission to Mars after two abandoned attempts.

Out of an "abundance of caution," the station's three Russian cosmonauts were instructed to spend a night in the ISS ...