Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

The productivity upside is straightforward. Research, like the Stanford report linked above, has repeatedly shown that ...

Thin, seasonal ice may have protected ancient lakes on Mars, allowing liquid water to last for decades despite cold ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a ...

Beneath our feet, the Earth's continents are undergoing a dramatic transformation, as layers peel away, hinting at the potential for colossal earthquakes. This geological phenomenon raises alarming ...

Europa’s buried ocean has made it one of the most exciting places to search for life beyond Earth. However, new calculations suggest its seafloor may be calm, cold, and largely inactive, with little ...

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond ...

Small lakes on ancient Mars may have remained liquid for decades, even with average air temperatures well below freezing.

“It’s a milestone in solar physics,” said Ioannis Kontogiannis, a solar physicist at the Swiss Federal Institute of ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

Shaking caused by quakes may cause ocean floor vents to release more nutrients, triggering blooms in plant-like organisms ...