[UC Riverside] A nearby star system with two suns could potentially support an Earth-sized planet in a region where liquid water could exist, according to a new paper examining the […]

Astronomers identified water, methane and ammonia in the atmosphere of HATS-6 b, a giant planet 500 light-years away from Earth.

A carbonate-rich band of rock along the inside edge of Mars’ Jezero Crater looked like it might be the remains of an ancient lakeshore

A new study reveals that Jezero Crater’s enigmatic ‘Margin Unit’ was shaped by a complex sequence of ancient lakes, groundwater systems, and hydrothermal fluids.

[ESA] We’re used to seeing pictures of Mars that are very different in colour to this berry-toned view, featuring tans, ochres, reds and browns – all caused by high levels […]

The 2.52 Ga Gamohaan Formation in South Africa offers critical insights into microbia

[SwRI] Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists provided simulations to understand the role disruptive impacts play on icy moons with subsurface oceans in our solar system. A recent paper publis...

[NASA]. For the first time, scientists used the joint power of NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes to study some of the most far-flung bodies in our solar system, […]

This ExoExplorers program, sponsored by NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Office and the ExoPAG Executive Committee, will focus on the professional development of ~10 graduate student and/or postdo...

As part of TU Delft Rhizome 2.0 and Moonshot projects, focusing on the development of extraterrestrial habitats in lava tube

[NASA/JPL/UA]. Carbon dioxide frost from the past winter still thickly blankets this terrain imaged in early Martian spring. Dark blob-like surface markings show the initial hints at the coming defros...

Guest edited by Dr. Scott M. Perl (LA-NHM) and Dr. Mary Beth Wilhelm (NASA Ames) To mark the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Viking landings, the journal Astrobiology has published a […]

[NASA] Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) Instrument Concept Assessments (HWO-ICA) program element D.9 of ROSES-25, solicits proposals to support maturation of the HWO mission concept. The objective o...

The NASA Viking Program laid the framework for Mars science, technology, and exploration.

Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons, long has fascinated scientists because of what may lie beneath its frozen shell: a global ocean of liquid water.

Editor’s note: Hamzah Abugosh has built a functional tricorder. I share the same fascination he has with the notion of a Tricorder as seen on Star Trek since I was a kid in the 1960s. My friend John H...

NASA astronaut candidate Ben Bailey takes a photo of John McFall

Small Explorer (SMEX) opportunity under the Astrophysics Explorers Program.

The meteorite which caused the extinction of the dinosaurs also created an underground environment suited to supporting new lif

Valles Marineris, like the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona

Young solar-like stars are efficient generators of magnetic activity

Some animals can move efficiently beneath granular surfaces.

From the highest mountains to the deepest ocean, the driest desert to the lushest jungle, Earth displays a dazzling array of lifeforms.

Examining the HOKUM filmmaker's love of blending horror and gallows humor through a (very) personal lens of loss.