A new study challenges the dream of water-rich “Hycean” planets like K2-18b, suggesting that most sub-Neptunes lose their water deep into their interiors during formation. Instead of vast oceans, ...

Mount Maunganui College will become a hub of scientific inspiration next Wednesday, September 24. The school will host a ...

Astronomers observed asteroid 2023 CX1 from discovery to its abrupt explosion over France, offering rare insights into sudden airbursts and planetary defense risks.

TRAPPIST-1, a planetary system 40 light years from Earth, could host a planet with an atmosphere and liquid water, but astronomers can’t be certain just yet.

The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) received a $750,000 grant from NASA to study underground ecosystems powered by ...

Roger Wiens has been a Mars explorer since he was 11 years old. He now leads the SuperCam instrument team on NASA’s Mars ...

Pfalzner's models show that interstellar objects — bodies ejected from other star systems — could be captured by these planet ...

Anamarie Whitaker, assistant professor of early care and education policy, and Aditya Kunjapur, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, are the 2024 Gerard J. Mangone Young ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

Curtin researchers have helped uncover evidence of a mysterious giant asteroid impact, hidden not in a crater but in tiny ...

New research warns that if we don't hit an asteroid in exactly the right spot, it could end up on a collision course with ...