The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most ...

Olympus Mons on Mars is the tallest mountain in the solar system, rising an astonishing 21 kilometers high, nearly two and a half times taller than Mount Everest. But its true scale isn’t just about ...

In an unexpected turn of events, NASA’s Curiosity rover has cracked open a rock on Mars, uncovering something so surprising ...

In a world obsessed with the apocalyptic hellfire of ‘carbon’ and the terror of an imperceptibly warmer climate nowhere near ...

The highest volcano in the world is Cerro Ojos del Salado. It is a stratovolcano in South America’s Central Volcanic Zone, reaching an impressive 6893 meters above sea level (or at least above ...

Our solar system is a pretty wild place, full of amazing stuff. From the giant Sun to the tiny rocks floating around, there’s ...

Even if we stop adding harmful gases to the air, the effects of global warming will last a long time. Scientists think that ...

Big Bend Ranch State Park in Terlingua stands as Texas’ largest state park, a 311,000-acre haven of rugged wilderness that ...

Big Bend Ranch State Park stretches across a massive expanse of the Chihuahuan Desert, hugging the Rio Grande and offering ...

Sheel and his team found that when the atmosphere of Mars is laden with dust, the atmosphere becomes less conductive, ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.