A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

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

Astronomers confirmed an off-center black hole in a dwarf galaxy. It offers clues to how supermassive black holes may form.

NASA's search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists published a paper ...

Mumbai's Gilbert Hill, a 200-foot basalt column formed 66 million years ago from volcanic eruptions, stands as a rare ...

There is a direct link between Earth’s crust formation and meteorite impacts influenced by the Milky Way’s structure, as found by a new study.

The Chiltepe Peninsula formed from pyroclastic shield eruptions thousands of years ago. Low-density materials, including ...

After a year of scientific scrutiny, a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover has been confirmed to contain a potential biosignature. The sample is the best candidate so far to provide ...

Missouri boasts over 7,300 documented caves—more than enough to earn its geological nickname and give claustrophobic people nationwide something to avoid. But among this subterranean abundance, ...

Tucked away in the charming borough of Hellertown, Pennsylvania exists a subterranean realm that feels like it was plucked straight from the pages of a fantasy novel – Lost River Caverns, where ...

NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the ...

Not a single named storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean in nearly three weeks, even though it’s the peak of hurricane ...