When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

Learn more about volcanic activity on Mars and how it may have once provided vital elements to the atmosphere.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has recorded lightning and thunder on Mars for the first time, revealing the Red Planet’s ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon.

A new study suggests that a once-daily atmospheric tidal cycle may be a bigger driver of rapid Venusian winds than previously ...

An essential amino acid that is mistakenly believed to cause drowsiness after eating turkey has been found in an asteroid for the first time, giving scientists clues to the origin of life on Earth.

Perseverance rover has been on Martian surface since 2021Rover instrument made audio and electromagnetic recordingsElectrical ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Mars rover Perseverance uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported Wednesday.

NASA Deep Atmosphere of Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging” (DAVINCI) will launch to Venus in 2029 ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has, for the first time, obtained evidence that the atmosphere of Mars is electrically active, ...

A prophecy from Pakistani mystic Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi claims a comet will end life on Earth before the year ends, wiping ...

A lonely rover toiling among the sands of Mars has now answered an age-old question: If lightning crackles on the red planet ...