A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

While the early climate of Mars remains an open question, a new study suggests that its atmosphere may have been hospitable ...

Volcanic activity may have given rise to life on Mars, say researchers, investigating how an early greenhouse effect on the ...

There is very little doubt that Earth is getting warmer, and that this warming is a result of human-driven gases in the atmosphere that store heat and redirect it toward our planet's surface. And ...

Late at night, as I was writing, I looked up to see the bright moon hanging outside my window, and a fascinating hypothesis ...

The delicate balance that has allowed life to flourish here on our little planet has not been completely discovered elsewhere.

The idea of water flowing on the surface of Mars went out with the early 20th century astronomer Percival Lowell, who swore up and down — and incorrectly — that he could see canals on the Red Planet.

In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric conditions play a key role in determining if a planet can sustain liquid ...

The Science of Siblings is a series exploring the ways our siblings can influence us, from our money and our mental health all the way down to our very molecules. We'll be sharing these stories over ...