Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly connected and spun together before separating into their current orbital ...

The project, which is funded by the International Continental Scientific Drilling programme, allowed the researchers to ...

Last year, the team made headlines when it published a paper describing how metal lumps at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean ...

Research suggests that an ancient shoreline helped to sculpt the drop between Mars' southern and northern hemispheres.

The trillion-ton slab of ice — called a megaberg — could slam into South Georgia Island, making it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young could even starve.

When we saw the house in 'West West' for the first time in the late fall of 2016, we virtually bought it on the spot: the gravel driveway through the ...

The shock discovery that metallic nodules could be producing oxygen in the deep sea made headlines last year – now the team ...

Carrying a rifle and keeping an alcohol-ration card are a few things that surprised me about living in Longyearbyen, the northernmost town on Earth.

The Associated Press  A woman cools herself with a fan during a hot day in London, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) ...

The mounds lie north of a feature of Mars known as the Martian dichotomy, where the towering, ancient highlands of the ...

Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the solar system: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled ...