Data from China's Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars' northern ...

Evidence from Colorado suggests glaciers once covered Earth to the equator, supporting the Snowball Earth theory. This ...

Quantum-science advances using AI can measure very small surfaces and distances -- opening a world of medical, manufacturing and other applications.

The only way to see the curve of the Earth is to fly more than 6 miles (10 kilometers) above its surface. Ever since the ...

University of Maryland researchers have found intriguing new evidence of ancient seafloor deep beneath the Earth's surface.

Even the balmy tropics may have once been crushed by colossal masses of ice.

The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk ...

After analyzing the sample brought by Chang'e-6, researchers found that the moon’s oldest and deepest crater on its far side ...

Argentina's El Ojo is said to harbor UFOs and the ghosts of ancient deities, but as far as scientists can tell, the island is ...

For spinning spheres, centrifugal force is maximized at the equator, where the rotational speed is highest. The amount of the ...

A silicon-carbide-based thermal protection system developed by ORNL and Sierra Space researchers will be used on the Sierra ...

Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...