When a researcher dyed a slice of volcanic rock more than a million years old with a material that stains DNA, he was greeted by a community of glowing green spheres surrounded by bright orange clay mineral deposits.
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Chemists from University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a plan to aid humans in the eventual effort to settle on Mars, according to a study released Tuesday.
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Stuck at home this week? The planets and our moon are providing some early morning entertainment.
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Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet planet nearly 390 light-years from Earth that features a most peculiar climate phenomenon: iron rain.
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Earth has acquired a second “mini-moon” about the size of a car, according to astronomers who spotted the object circling our planet.
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To help scientists determine whether Mars was ever home to vast oceans or some forms of life, researchers in California are searching for clues in rocks and other sediment tucked within a meteorite crater in Germany, according to a study released Wednesday.
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NASA’s newest Mars lander has confirmed that quakes and even aftershocks are regularly jolting the red planet.
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A trove of NASA spacecraft data from a visit to the farthest planet-like object in the solar system – a planetesimal in an icy region beyond the orbit of Neptune – reveals how planetary building blocks form over time, astronomers said in a trio of studies released Thursday.
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Evidence of violent collisions with miniature planets suggest that the formation of Mars may have taken much longer than scientists have previously believed.
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NASA said Monday that its planet hunter satellite TESS had discovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, which could allow the presence of liquid water.
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Astronomers announced Monday the discovery of six new planets orbiting three different stars, seen by using a new technique that is certain to help astronomers discover even more.
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Europe’s CHEOPS planet-hunting space telescope left Earth on Wednesday and moved into orbit, a day after its lift-off was delayed by a technical rocket glitch during the final countdown.
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A NASA spacecraft recently achieved the remarkable feat of mapping the elusive winds that blow high above the surface of Mars – providing astronomers long-sought data for the first time in history, according to a new study.
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Astronomers have discovered a new hidden giant planet orbiting a white dwarf star, suggesting for the first time that a planet can survive its sun’s gradual demise, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature.
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While evidence over the last decade has shown a steady waning of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, researchers in California have found that the size and ferocity of the vortex remains unchanged, according to a study released Monday.
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The European Space Agency says putting astronauts into a state of suspended animation could make it easier to reach other planets.
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China invited international observers to a successful test Thursday of its Mars lander as the country pushes for inclusion in more global space projects.
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The most distant world ever explored, 4 billion miles away from Earth, finally has an official name: Arrokoth. It means “sky” in the language of the Native American Powhatan people, NASA said Tuesday.
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Mercury is putting on a rare celestial show next week, parading across the sun in view of most of the world.
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Astronomers studying the formation of three planets in the disk surrounding a young star found that planets and their atmospheres likely form in gaps between gas and dust-filled rings in the disk, according to a study released Wednesday.
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