Venus is often called Earth's "sister planet" because of their similarities in size, mass, and composition. Both are rocky ...

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...

Scientists have proposed a new explanation for Venus' giant, crown-shaped geological features, known as coronae.

In Earth’s early days, more than 4 billion years ago, the surface was a dangerous and unpredictable place. Violent volcanoes, ...

Two recent studies used seismic data from NASA's retired InSight mission to shed light on what lies beneath Mars’ surface and what that means for the planet’s history ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny little minds. First, there was the discovery of a terrifying black hole ...

Up to 98 percent of the energy of an earthquake goes into flash heating rocks, not shaking the ground, new research shows. The finding could help yield better earthquake forecasts ...

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

Scientists are astonished at what’s forming below the sea’s surface, but they now have the opportunity to study how the ...

Seismic studies reveal Mars may have a solid inner core. The result deepens knowledge of its evolution and lost magnetic ...

MIT scientists have unraveled the hidden energy balance of earthquakes by recreating them in the lab. Their findings show that while only a sliver of energy goes into the shaking we feel on the ...