By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, scientists have started developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of unusually bright and massive galaxies soon after the Big Bang has cast doubt on ...

We're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

Look up to the night sky Friday night for November’s full moon, 2024’s last supermoon, followed by the Leonid meteor shower ...

In November 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Richard F. Gordon, and ...

A sliver of Martian rock that once lay hidden in a university drawer has helped researchers better understand the Red ...

Since the formation of Earth approximately 4.5 billion years ago, the convection and release of hot magma in its mantle layer ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spots a scattering of bizarre bright white pebbles of a mysterious composition and origin.

Newly analysed data from China's Zhurong rover suggests Mars' northern plains may have hosted an ancient ocean.

Basalt, a gray-black volcanic rock found throughout the solar system, are key recorders of geologic history, he said. "When the Martian mantle melted, it also produced basalts. The moon is mostly ...

Scientists studying the Lafayette Meteorite, believed to have originated from Mars, have confirmed that it contains minerals ...

“Skywatchers can see the next full moon, the Beaver Moon, on November 15, starting at 4:29 p.m. EST. This moon is extra ...