Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission recently achieved a major milestone with a successful radar test that was carried out during a ...

Launched in October 2024, Europa Clipper is on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) journey to study Jupiter and its moons. On March 1, it flew within 550 miles (884 kilometers) of Mars' surface ...

Cosmic rays from deep space might be the secret energy source that allows life to exist underground on Mars and icy moons like Enceladus and Europa. New research reveals that when these rays interact ...

In a recent discovery that has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, NASA’s Perseverance rover uncovered ...

Perseverance has uncovered unusual, basalt-rich Martian spherules that likely formed in violent explosions—either from meteors or lava.

A new study could help identify ancient signs of cryovolcanic activity. This, in turn, could help guide the search for ...

Scientists find Mars' glaciers are rich in ice, not rock, revealing clues about its frozen past and its promise for future missions.

Scientists have been able to recreate the extreme conditions found on icy moons in deep space—and revealed the unstable ...

A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that high-energy particles from space, known as cosmic rays, could create the energy ...

A Martian meteorite said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth is displayed at Sotheby's in New York, July 9. The 54-pound rock fetched nearly $5.3 million at an auction on Wednesday. (Richard ...