This is the moment the Portage glacier near Whittier, Alaska calved and crashed into the frozen Portage Lake, causing huge waves to break the icy lake's surface apart. Reports say two people ice ...

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...

Explore the breathtaking landscapes of Kyrgyzstan with this stunning drone footage, capturing its towering mountains, vast ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

Though that number’s rising, experts say further research could bring it to zero Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Last week, NASA reported that a newly identified asteroid has a more than 1 ...

Scientists recently discovered that San Bernardino County's Searles Lake contains minerals found in outer space.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the lunar far side.

The samples delivered by the Osiris-rex spacecraft from near Earth asteroid Benu contained salts that formed in *** liquid ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

If asteroid 2024 YR4 becomes unobservable before a definitive impact risk assessment for 2032 can be made, it may remain on ESA’s risk list until it becomes visible again in 2028. Davide Farnocchia, ...

I'm ready to get in. Come on in. All right, let's try. Let's see if we can do it. A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday ...