Mars has been a major focus of astronomers, researchers, and future explorers for several years now. While our neighboring planet has always been important, the fact that NASA, SpaceX, and others are ...

It isn’t easy to figure out how the Earth was built, because it happened 4½ billion years ago, and no one was there to watch. So scientists have had to look at what the Earth looks like now and at all ...

JWST observations of exoplanet TRAPPIST-1d reveal a lack of a substantial, Earth-like atmosphere, as indicated by a "flat" spectral signature lacking typical atmospheric molecule fingerprints (e.g., ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) It isn’t easy to figure out how the Earth was built, because it happened 4½ billion ...

Most of us think we know what Earth looks like. Then you stumble on a place that doesn’t fit the script—salt that turns the ground into a perfect mirror, rock formations that look sculpted by ...