Computer simulations suggest that Mars' puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created when a ...

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Each evening these next few weeks, the sky brings us the brightest gems that shine beyond our solar system. Jupiter also will ...

The essential ingredient for life, water, appeared on both planets around 4.4 billion years ago, new research indicates.

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A new study is making a very compelling case that our Martian neighbor may have been teeming with life in the distant past. Scientists in Australia have just discovered ancient evidence that the Red ...

Water is ubiquitous on Earth—about 70% of Earth's surface is covered by the stuff. Water is in the air, on the surface and ...

The Martian moons Phobos and Deimos may be remnants of an asteroid that got too close to Mars and was destroyed by its ...

"We used nano-scale geochemistry to detect elemental evidence of hot water on Mars 4.45 billion years ago," said Aaron ...

Should art museums be showing art history? Or cultural history, which isn't the same thing? Getty and LACMA exhibitions give ...

To see the planet's blue-green hue, which is caused by the absorption of sunlight from methane gas, you'll need a small ...