Oxygen isotope analysis of lunar soil shows meteorites delivered only a limited amount of water to the Earth–Moon system after about 4 billion years ago.

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ESPOO, Finland — China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission is entering flight hardware development, targeting a late 2028 launch to seek out biosignatures on the Red Planet. The mission has ...

Students spend nearly a third of the school day on their phones, and frequent checking may make it harder to stay focused in class.

Millions of unknown microbial genes discovered in Antarctica’s ocean reveal a hidden ecosystem that may influence carbon cycling and climate.

Asteroids would’ve supplied the raw materials, heat, and geologic plumbing to circulate prebiotic matter while also creating ...

A near-impenetrable plateau in Central Africa allowed elephants to hide from humans for years. The same landscape could also be their savior.

Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the solar system: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling ...

While hydrogen itself doesn’t trap greenhouse gases, its interaction with other gases can indirectly heat the atmosphere 11 ...

Scientists studying lunar samples have finally resolved a decades-long debate about the Moon’s ancient magnetic field.

A remarkably hardy bacterium can survive pressures similar to those generated when asteroid impacts blast debris off Mars, a new study has found, suggesting that microbes could endure interplanetary ...

A small, round piece of asteroid Ryugu (sample #91), called “S-lunar,” contains tiny particles (less than 1 mm) that will allow planetary scientists to study the magnetic signature of the early solar ...