In the search for extraterrestrial life Chinese scientists have come up with a new idea: instead of looking for water, they ...

Until now, only objects with a diameter of at least several hundred meters were known in the asteroid belt; most of them were ...

Scientists are rethinking a long-held belief that the liquid responsible for shaping Mars' surface must have been water.

It had been blasted off from Mars's surface due to an impact from another celestial body between five million and 10 million ...

SCOTS are in for yet another dazzling display in our skies this week as the Geminid meteor shower passes by. Experts say the ...

STARGAZERS can catch up to 150 shooting stars per hour this week, as the Geminid meteor shower streaks across skies. The ...

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On Mars, some of the most likely places to look for traces of ancient life may also be the least likely to preserve those ...

New research on Ceres reveals hidden organic materials, suggesting subsurface reservoirs and internal energy sources.

A mineral grain from a meteorite preserved evidence that water was present on Mars 4.45 billion years ago, and it may have ...

A mineral grain from a meteorite preserved evidence that water was present on Mars 4.45 billion years ago, and it may have ...

A tiny zircon grain from the Martian meteorite 'Black Beauty' reveals that Mars had hot, liquid water as early as 4.45 ...