It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...

New findings from NASA's Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface ...

Tree rings hold clues about ancient solar storms. New research shows tree growth and carbon storage can shift those signals across years.

New simulations suggest Jupiter holds far more water than once thought, reshaping ideas about how the largest planet formed.

The King's Trough Complex is a several-hundred-kilometer-long, canyon-like system of trenches on the North Atlantic seafloor.

Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.

Scientists have discovered the largest organic molecule containing sulfur — a key ingredient for life — ever identified in interstellar space. The researchers call the discovery a “missing link” in ...

The North American craton actually dips near the Rockies rather than forming a sharp vertical step as previously believed.

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

How did soft-bodied organisms remain intact for millions of years?