Lowell Observatory has announced the appointment of Amanda Bosh, Ph.D., as its new executive director, succeeding Jeff Hall, ...

Carl Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator.

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.

In partnership with NASA, Curtin University is enhancing ocean monitoring by deploying MarONet, a buoy off Perth’s coast, to improve satellite data accuracy. The project will help analyze ocean color ...

When the 'God of Chaos' asteroid flies by our planet in five years, Earth's gravity could cause it to experience ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

After that, the team will decide whether to keep the spacecraft in that orbit or reposition it. Early mission plans didn’t ...

Insulation provided by carbon dioxide ice above the martian polar caps could explain many of the Red Planet’s ancient river features.

New research suggests that about 3.6 billion years ago, Mars featured vast water flows and a lake rivaling the size of the ...

The Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework is a pivotal tool for tackling the climate crisis and safeguarding humanity's future ...

Despite its relative weakness, researchers believe it was sufficient to affect the formation of bodies at distances more than seven times the Earth-Sun distance. That includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, ...

By 3.6 billion years ago, Mars should have become too cold for liquid water, but something kept the rivers flowing.