Mars once looked far more like Earth, with a thicker atmosphere and liquid water pooling on its surface, yet today it is a ...

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

The cometary cameraman was not the only one to snap the celestial snowball of late. On November 30, NASA’s Hubble Space ...

South America is one of the easiest continents for American travelers craving adventure without bureaucracy. With vast ...

Before the ribbon cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by Westfield High School Astronomy Club members Krystyna Goulette and Kaitlyn Goulette — ...

Bizarre 'bleached' rocks on the surface of Mars suggest that the Red Planet was once a tropical oasis, a new study reveals.

Badwater Basin sits at −282 feet, the lowest point in North America, in the depths of Death Valley, California. The serene ...

The nature documentary series uses new research and photorealistic CGI to bring the huge, bizarre animals of the Ice Age back ...

If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age.

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Atmospheric dust plays an important role in the way Earth absorbs and reflects sunlight, impacting the global climate, cloud ...

A 2023 astronaut photo shows three dark hills, or mesas, towering above part of the Sahara desert in southern Mauritania. The ...