Saturn is a planet widely recognisable for its iconic rings but a new study suggests Earth may also have had a similar ring system over 50 million years ago. As part of the research, 21 asteroid ...

The RAMBHA-LP instrument offers the first ground truth of the Moon’s near-surface plasma at southern high latitudes.

Swirling underwater eddies are aggressively melting two Antarctic glaciers, a recent study found, including the one that could raise sea levels by multiple feet.

NASA scientists are sounding an alarm that would have been unthinkable a decade ago: the same commercial satellite ...

With major eclipses, brilliant supermoons, and lineups of five or more planets, 2026 offers something awe-inspiring in every season. Here’s what to watch for.

Indeed, recent studies have indicated that the humble honey bee possesses a remarkable talent for mathematics and can even ...

The search for past or present life on Mars should be the top priority for the first human mission to the Red Planet, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The footage, which NASA released on Dec. 3, was captured by the Perseverance rover inside Jezero Crater on Sept. 6, as ...

For centuries, Europeans thought that eternal daylight saturated the cosmos. The shift to a dark universe has had a profound ...

Agriculture is heavily reliant on water resources, which are increasingly threatened by global challenges such as population growth and climate change.

It’s been hypothesized for decades that life on Earth may not have been as “homegrown” as one might think and now, we’re ...

New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through a solid iron lattice. This unusual behavior makes the core soft, matching ...