Under new-moon skies, a celestial trifecta unfolds — bright comets, streaking meteors, and possible aurora displays — ...

Mars’ north polar vortex locks its atmosphere in extreme cold and darkness, freezing out water vapor and triggering a dramatic rise in ozone. Scientists found that the lack of sunlight and moisture ...

New research shows that dry ice blocks, not water or life, may be responsible for the mysterious gullies carved into Mars’ ...

The tests also revealed that the ditches only develop on dunes with very fine, evenly sized sand grains. Coarser or more ...

CO₂ ice blocks on Mars may dig gullies as they slide and sublimate in the thin atmosphere. In lab experiments, scientists recreated these eerie, worm-like movements under Martian conditions. The ...

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red ...

Watch out, obstacles ahead! The instinctive Moon is lashing out at nervous Mercury, making it difficult for us to tell the ...

Maine boasts several historical firsts in the United States, from the first ship built by English colonists to the first ...

More layoffs are hitting JPL, the NASA research lab near Pasadena. People will begin getting their notices on Tuesday, Oct.

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All children under age 5 living in Santa Clara County are invited to be part of the free program. Imagination Library titles ...

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