A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea that ...

In A Nutshell Mars was erupting while T. rex roamed Earth: A Martian volcano system was active between 64 and 50 million ...

What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, ...

Elon Musk believes Mars can be settled by 2050, but a Rice University professor's new book reveals the many biological ...

Scientists have found that ancient Martian lakes could have survived for decades despite freezing air temperatures. Using a newly adapted climate model, researchers showed that thin, seasonal ice ...

Observer spoke to curator Udo Kittelmann about willfully modifying art world terminology, being firmly anti-black box and the ...

A rare six-planet parade will dazzle the evening sky in 2026. Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Jupiter will appear together after sunset. Here’s when, where and how to watch this stunning ...

When the International Space Station comes back to Earth in 2030, it will mark the end of three decades of peaceful international cooperation -- and an era when space became central to our daily lives ...

Depending on where you are in the San Miguel County region, it’s only about an hour’s drive to where you, yes, you, can view our living ancient neighbors. They are some astounding animal survivors of ...

Compared with Earth, Mars is tiny, yet it seems to have an outsized effect on our planet’s climate cycles. Similar small planets could affect the climates of worlds beyond our solar system, which we ...

NASA’s Mars InSight mission was designed to study the interior of Mars rather than its surface. During its operation, the lander achieved several historic firsts, from detecting marsquakes to ...

Geological features on Mars suggest the planet once boasted rivers and broad coastlines around a vast ocean. The discovery provides the most direct evidence yet for the Red Planet’s former blue vistas ...