Ariel, one of Uranus' icy moons, may once have concealed a vast ocean more than 100 miles (170 kilometers) deep beneath its ...

In a science lab on the fourth floor of UTSA's Multidisciplinary Studies Building, UTSA students engage in meticulous ...

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the Solar System formed, it took no more than three million years for the ...

A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can ...

It's not the first time there have been claims of signs of life on Mars, so why are scientists particularly thrilled now?

The discovery strengthens the case for a new mission to orbit and land on Enceladus and search for evidence of life.

Unfortunately, many species of phytoplankton build shells and may struggle as the oceans relentlessly acidify. These ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...

Initiated in 2024, the Planetary Health Check is a comprehensive, science-based global initiative dedicated to measuring and ...

The Planetary Boundaries are a framework that describes the upper limits of the impacts of human activities on Earth. Ocean ...

Observing the object over several months, they found it flared up dramatically. It's gobbling up 6 billion tonnes of mass per ...

Today marks a new era in the history of Scripps Institution of Oceanography as Meenakshi Wadhwa takes the reins as the 12th ...