A new study reveals how shifting ice shells on icy moons can cause dramatic pressure changes, sometimes enough to boil their hidden oceans. The outer planets of our Solar System are accompanied by ...

A mysterious substance found deep within the Earth is helping diamonds make a long journey to the surface.

New drilling results from the South Atlantic have uncovered ancient lava rubble that stores far more CO2 than expected, revealing an overlooked mechanism in Earth’s long-term carbon cycle. Sixty-milli ...

Mars has long been framed as a cold, dry desert, but new research is revealing a planet laced with hidden ice and glacial ...

To author Anjana Khatwa, rocks are “storykeepers of time.” She blends science and spirituality to explore the origin story of our world.

Despite their liquid water and potential for habitability, these moons are very different environments from Earth. On Earth, ...

Tom Service ponders how music might make us reconsider our relationship with the planet, from climate change to deforestation ...

The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are ...

The outer planets of the Solar System are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus, are ...

I/Atlas isn’t the only unusual space rock to be spotted recently, as NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover has spotted a possible ...

The Jaua-Sarisariñama National Park in Bolívar State, Venezuela, holds one of the planet’s most compelling and mysterious geological secrets, the sinkholes of the Sarisariñama tepui. These ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's ...