Today, the surface of Mars is hostile and unfit for life to thrive. But in the past, it may have actually been suitable for ...

The end of non-avian dinosaur’s time on Earth is often depicted as one big, knockout blow delivered by the cataclysmic ...

In 2009, NASA intentionally crashed a spacecraft into the moon and used a small trailing spacecraft to observe the results: ...

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New images of an asteroid impact crater buried deep below the floor of the Atlantic Ocean have been published today by ...

Was the dwarf planet Ceres once an ocean world like Europa and Enceladus? If so, how did it become the cratered and icy world we see today? This is what a | Space ...

The more scientists study the Red Planet, the more they find unusual objects and patterns scattered across Mars' surface.

Curiosity’s exploration of Gale crater on Mars has uncovered new evidence about the planet’s climate evolution. By studying ...

Mars experienced a huge climate shift, going from a potentially life-friendly, water world probably with microbial life to a ...

Was the planet Mars ever habitable and what conditions led to it becoming the uninhabitable world we see today? This is what ...

NASA's Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life -- with evidence for widespread ...