Lunar minerals generate the rust mineral hematite when bombarded with high-energy oxygen particles, experiments show.

The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can ...

A comet explosion may explain mass extinctions 13,000 years ago, linking the Clovis people's vanishing and mammoth die-off to ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope observed dark beads and lopsided star patterns drifting over Saturn’s ...

A new report sounds the alarm on ocean acidification as Earth breaches the seventh of nine "planetary boundaries." ...

The beads appear above a swirling hexagonal jet stream at the gas giant's north pole, and could emerge from interactions ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists uncovered bizarre atmospheric structures on Saturn, including drifting “dark beads” in the ionosphere and an asymmetric star pattern in the ...

The Sun drives plasma outward, enveloping our solar system, and this is known as solar wind. Beyond the protective ...

The launch carried with it few instruments to help observe the Sun at historically close quarters. Key among these are the ...

Punishing trials in a long-awaited sequel tend to obscure its narrative and atmosphere.

Seismic studies reveal Mars may have a solid inner core. The result deepens knowledge of its evolution and lost magnetic ...

“The idea to process drugs in space isn’t new. Research showing that microgravity can impact crystallization has been done on ...