Between 1961 and 1984, the Soviet Union sent 16 exploration missions to Venus. NASA's Parker Solar Probe made several flybys...

Once upon a time, liquid water was abundant on the surface of Mars—oceans, lakes, and rivers—but it disappeared about 3...

As Jupiter formed and grew to enormous size and its gravitational influence increased, the planet restricted the movement of phosphorus...

When the New Horizons mission flew past Pluto in 2015, it discovered a geologically rich world, not the cold, dark...

El Niño and La Niña are opposing phases of the Southern Oscillation (ENSO), one of the most powerful drivers of...

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra space telescopes captured the aftermath of three bright explosions echoing in the...

Quasars represent a stage in a galaxy's life during which large volumes of matter spiral toward a central supermassive black...

China's Chang'e-5 mission returned evidence that as recently as 120 million years ago, the Moon had active volcanoes, and some...

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and Earth's closest planetary neighbor. Venus is the third-brightest object in the...

The effects of solar storms may be limitless. Observations have shown that electrical currents in the Earth's upper atmosphere, which...

The current debate over Pluto highlights the difficulties in defining the concept of "planet." The IAU defines a planet as...

The invention, developed by Jordanian-American chemist and 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry Omar Yaghi, uses a scientific technique called...

Mars is covered in a remarkably diverse landscape. In fact, the planet is roughly divided into two halves: half is...

A Chinese probe returned soil samples from the far side of the Moon to Earth for the first time on...

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a spacecraft designed to search for exoplanets, astronomers discovered an unusual quadruple star...

The Mycotecture project team at NASA's Ames Research Center is developing technologies that will enable the "growing" of habitats on...

The solar system may be moving through space three times faster than expected. The location of the outer edge of...

Pluto is the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System. It was previously considered the ninth and farthest planet...

The primary objective of the SMAP mission is to assess the moisture content of the surface soil layer and its...

Stars have been observed crawling along the outskirts of the Milky Way more slowly than expected—a slow motion that scientists...

Deep space exploration requires a paradigm shift in astronaut medical support toward Earth-independent medical operations. Currently, astronauts rely on real-time...

When the current solar cycle began in late 2019, experts from the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), which includes scientists...

Mercury and plastic from rivers and lakes can not only harm local ecosystems but also pose a danger to humans,...

Charon is a medium-sized body, approximately 750 miles (1,207 kilometers) wide, located in the Kuiper Belt—a ring of icy debris,...

The findings suggest that water may not be a rare cosmic coincidence, but rather an inevitable consequence of planet formation,...

Before Curiosity's landing 13 years ago, the science team observed all the geological wonders scattered across the slopes of Mount...

The end of 2025 was marked by the appearance of a solar spot directly facing Earth, similar in parameters to...

NASA's new Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Mission (IMAP) was launched on September 23, 2025. Its goal is to study the...

For nearly a decade, astronomers have been scouring the outer reaches of the solar system for signs of a hypothetical...

Many scientists are searching for extraterrestrial life on planets with conditions similar to Earth. For example, a habitable planet would...

The dark blocks that occasionally appear in the rover's path are called floating rocks, and the team is looking higher...

As extreme weather events become more frequent around the world due to climate change, the need for further research into...

According to a new UN-supported report, some of the most severe and devastating droughts in human history have occurred since...

Countries are doing the right thing by continuing to ban chemicals called CFCs and HCFCs, which deplete the ozone layer...

An oceanographer has warned of a possible rise in global sea levels of up to 1.3 meters by 2100. According...

In October 2025, Mexico experienced one of the worst floods in recent memory. Within days, 41 people died, hundreds of...