A new discovery on Mars is helping scientists unlock the secrets of the Red Planet’s complex 4-billion-year evolutionary history. Researchers have uncovered evidence of a significant thermal anomaly deep within the mantle of Mars, challenging long-held...

Venera 13 survived Venus’s crushing heat and pressure far beyond its 32‑minute design, transmitting data long after the surface threatened to crush it. When the Soviet Venera 13 lander touched down on Venus on 1 March 1982, engineers had anticipated...

NASA’s Dragonfly mission is taking physical shape as engineers begin wiring the spacecraft destined to explore the mysterious dunes of Saturn’s moon Titan. NASA’s Dragonfly mission has reached a pivotal stage in its assembly, with engineers...

New study finds sinking land dramatically speeds sea‑level rise, endangering the world’s most populated coastal areas. Rising oceans are only half of the story for many megacities on the coast. A recent analysis in Nature Communications shows that the...

NASA Curiosity discovers wave‑shaped ridges in hard rock, hinting at a new water history on Mars that could rewrite the planet’s final chapter. High on the slopes of Mount Sharp, a narrow strip of unusually tough rock preserves a series of evenly...

Hidden faults reveal Mercury has shrunk by 23 kilometers, forcing scientists to rethink the planet’s core composition and long-term thermal history. For billions of years, Mercury has been cooling and shrinking, leaving behind a global network of...

Saturn’s moon Enceladus may hold the key to finding alien life, as its unique ocean chemistry could make biological signatures easier for probes to detect. Saturn’s moon Enceladus has long been a primary target in the search for extraterrestrial life,...