An international team of scientists has moved beyond just 'scratching the surface,' to understand how microplastics move through and impact the global ocean. For the first time, scientists have mapped ...

The U.K. government is reportedly preparing to greenlight small-scale outdoor experiments aimed at reflecting solar radiation to cool the Earth.

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Mars Express captures images of Acheron Fossae, revealing the Red Planet’s split terrain—ancient cratered highlands and ...

Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. ..

The snapshots detail features and topography in the Red Planet's Acheron Fossae region. The European Space Agency (ESA) just released some new snapshots from its Mars Express orbiter that detail ...

Along the way, we will inevitably have the capabilities to return to the moon and determine the scientific, economic, and national security benefits of maintaining a presence on the lunar surface ...

Depictions like those of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy are just wildly unrealistic regarding the sheer amount of material that must be moved to the Red Planet to achieve anything remotely ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, captivates scientists with its massive size, stunning rings, and diverse moons. Composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, it lacks a solid surface.

Twice a day, Earth’s surface experiences a slight rise and fall—a phenomenon almost imperceptible to human senses, yet one that reveals a constant dance between our planet, the Moon, and the Sun. This ...

There are obvious and inevitable echoes of Brian De Palma's recent Mission To Mars but more of the action takes place on the planet surface (which the inhabitants of an over-polluted Earth hope to ...