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 ...

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 ...

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

One major goal in Project Athena is to launch a new Mars exploration program named Olympus. This plan was designed to align with SpaceX’s proposal to send an uncrewed Starship mission to Mars next ...

The last in a series of three coronal mass ejections hit Earth on Wednesday, so experts are keeping an eye on geomagnetic ...

This season’s drought shows that the effects of climate change are real, but it’s not as black and white as wet or dry.

The Goddard Space Center is one NASA's crown jewels of science. But in recent months, staff say they've been in the White House's crosshairs, subjected to a campaign of chaos and reorganization.

The Sentinel-6B satellite arrives in California for launch, ready to measure sea level with unprecedented climate accuracy.

Emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from lakes and reservoirs risk doubling by the end of the century due to climate ...