New research published in Nature Communications identifies an iron sulfate on Mars that may represent a brand-new mineral.

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

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

Featuring 60 volcanoes and plenty of hydrothermal features within its borders, this national park is as explosively beautiful as any other in the country.

Scientists from the UK have been able to recreate extreme conditions found on icy moons in deep space and said the unstable behaviour of water revealed can help identify ancient signs of cryovolcanic ...

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 ...

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

After hours of driving on the highway — during which we once passed through an almost uninhabited area spanning dozens of ...

Learn about cryovolcanism, which shapes the surface of icy moons in the outer Solar System by releasing water that ...

As it soared past Mars in March, NASA's Europa Clipper conducted a critical radar test that had been impossible to accomplish ...

American space agency NASA says it used the gravity assist maneuver the Europa Clipper conducted back in March to test the ...

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 ...