Hawaii's Kilauea volcano keeps erupting with syrupy lava flows, serving as a fiery reminder of nature's destructive power.

In the early chaos of planetary formation, before crusts cooled or atmospheres settled, water might already have been ...

New experiments show young rocky planets can generate water naturally when molten surfaces react with hydrogen in their early atmospheres.

In the beginning, when planets were newborn, they glowed like furnaces, vast oceans of molten rock wrapped in heavy blankets ...

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...

Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans ...

Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans and ...

Researchers traced tremor signals deep inside Tanzania’s Oldoinyo Lengai volcano, pinpointing their 3D locations for the ...

A new study reveals that the largest lunar crater, South Pole-Aitken basin, was formed by an oblique impact that shaped the ...

Solving a lunar mystery? Scientist at the University of Arizona is the lead author on research proposing a new theory for the ...

The impact that carved out the South Pole-Aitken basin on the moon appears to have come from the north, not the south as previously thought – and NASA’s upcoming mission could investigate further ...

Scientists have discovered that the far side of the Moon is colder deep within its interior than the side that always faces Earth. By analyzing rock and soil samples collected by China’s Chang’e 6 ...