Life loves rivers. Here on Earth, large drainage basins cover nearly half of the land surface. On Mars, they cover only about ...

Ridley Scott's underrated sci-fi masterpiece, The Martian, is once again in the public eye thanks to a surprising reaction ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

Clocks on Mars tick faster by about 477 microseconds each Earth day, a new study suggests. This difference is significantly ...

Every breath of air, every strand of DNA and every cell in my body carries a chemical story that began long before Earth ...

In northern Egypt, a vast hollow in the desert sits far below sea level, inviting a question that sounds like science fiction ...

Earth is the only home humanity has ever known, yet most people are unaware of the incredible mysteries, extremes, and scientific wonders that make our planet unique. From hidden geological features ...