“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Lunar geologist Zachary Morse scrabbles over Earth's rocky landscapes to test equipment for future missions to the Moon and ...

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with two people – a planetary scientist who studies the geology of the Moon, and a space lawyer who studies space policy and geopolitics – about ...

A Mars image shows a strange square formation. Some think it's artificial, but experts suggest natural causes.

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact." ...

Two gargantuan canyons on the moon were carved by a hailstorm of rocks — and that’s good news for future lunar astronauts.

Ariel’s medial grooves could provide important clues about the moon’s internal structure, particularly regarding the presence ...

Our Solar System, like a sneaky little hobbit, seems to have stuffed its pockets full of hidden oceans. Jupiter, Saturn, ...

The Castle will be presenting Third Thursdays With The Castle: “The History of the New Concord Meteorite Fall of 1860 and the Modern Mapping of its Fragments” on Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. The New Concord ...

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On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...

Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...