After a decade of orbital investigation, NASA’s MAVEN mission has made a pivotal breakthrough in unraveling the mystery of ...

Venus, often called Earth’s evil twin, is home to some of the most peculiar geological features in the solar system. Among ...

A trio of scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Université de Lyon, and Arizona State University, respectively ...

UNEP-backed initiatives are supporting efforts in India to integrate sustainable cooling solutions into policies and city ...

Earth’s sister planet reaches greatest western elongation and dichotomy as the waxing Moon slides along the ecliptic in the ...

While scientists have long studied currents of large eddies, the smaller ones -- called submesoscale eddies -- are notoriously difficult to detect. These currents, which range from several kilometers ...

A new study suggests the planet’s iconic domes owe their strange shape to both thick lava and a flexible surface.

A study suggests that Venus' volcanic "pancake domes" push the planet's crust down, forming bulges toward the surface. This ...

When searching for life in the Universe (aka. astrobiology), scientists use strategies that go by various names. For example, ...

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft is scheduled to launch this week and will study two solar system bodies up close.

A new study posits that dark streaks originally believed to be signs of water on Mars' surface might not be that at all.

To study the top layers of the frescoed walls without damaging them, conservators take ultrasonic surface measurements in one of the villa’s painted corridors. The most spectacular frescoes ...