Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...

Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about 110 light-years from Earth. Credit: Space.com / animations courtesy: ...

Harvard scientists studying the mystery of water and life on ancient Mars believe they may have finally found a solution.

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 ...

Mars haunts us as a vision of a planet gone wrong. It was once warm and wet, with rivers flowing across its surface and ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, researchers think they have a good explanation for a warmer, ...

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...