Perhaps the best known of all comets is Halley, correctly pronounced so that it rhymes with rally, not daily. It is named after the 17th-18th century astronomer Edmond Halley. This ...

The Perseverance rover has spotted numerous out-of-place rocks on the surface of Mars, but one in particular has left Nasa ...

For the past four years, NASA 's Perseverance rover has rambled over a region of Mars where scientists say a strong river ...

From Robby, the Robot in Forbidden Planet, to the infamous C-3P0 from Star Wars, the use of robots for space exploration has ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

Las Arenitas is an artificial oasis that recycles used water from the border city of Mexicali to regenerate ecosystems in the ...

Great Basin National Park nearby offers ancient bristlecone pines (some older than the pyramids), mysterious limestone caves, and Nevada’s only glacier, proving that this state contains multitudes ...

A new analysis by UC Boulder geologists suggests the ancient Mars landscape was formed by falling precipitation, including ...

The Pope's last day, Easter Sunday, was marked by an appearance on the Loggia balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, meeting the ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to ...

The unique blending of styles that became the Minneapolis Sound has foundations in the geography, demography and culture of ...

Scientists have long puzzled over why Mars, once protected by a global magnetic field like Earth, now shows only a magnetic ...