Scientists are confident Mars was once abundant with water, as seen in massive flood-carved channels, ancient river valleys, ...

Microbial life thrives in some of the most extreme environments on Earth. Bacteria, archaea, and other microorganisms inhabit ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

A team of researchers at the NYU Abu Dhabi Space Exploration Laboratory, led by Dimitra Atri, Ph.D., has developed a novel ...

The oldest lake in the world dates back about 25 million years and is also the world's deepest and most biologically diverse ...

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

Water once existed in abundance of at the surface of Mars. How much of that water has been stored in the planet's crust is still unclear, according to a new analysis.

Hydrogen from geological formations makes up about 10% of the flammable gases that form the Yanartaş flames near Cirali, ...

Libby Hill Park, just a short stroll away, offers panoramic views of the James River and the city beyond – views that ...

More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of its ...

Fluid-rock interactions on ancient Mars may have produced abundant magnetic minerals that preserved unusually intense records ...

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.