A large mass of granite, located beneath the Compton and Belkovich craters on the Moon, has been slowly emitting heat for ...

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for ...

The hunt is on for terrestrial exoplanets in habitable zones, and some of the most promising candidates were discovered ...

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

More research is needed before scientists can determine whether the recently observed methane signatures point to the presence of an atmosphere or are simply the result of contamination from the host ...

Saturn's moon Mimas, just 250 miles wide, could have a liquid water ocean under its outer icy shell, according to new research led by Max Rudolph at UC Davis. If such moons are the right size, water ...

On the steps of the U.S. Capitol on a balmy October morning, a crowd of people sporting “Save NASA Science” buttons buzzes with anticipation. Among them stands Eli Orland, who likens America’s space ...

Deep beneath Turkey’s surface, scientists have uncovered subtle but powerful movements reshaping the continent’s crust. (Artist’s concept). Credit: SciTechDaily.com By studying ancient lava flows that ...

Discover how scientists are harnessing the power of CRISPR to precisely edit DNA, revolutionizing medicine and ethics as they rewrite the very code of life. Pixabay, PublicDomainPictures CRISPR ...

This fall, Evanston residents and visitors who enjoy the parks and lakefront may have noticed the usually beautiful autumn leaves seemed a bit subdued at first. Though the trees have burst into color ...