Scientists have long debated why Earth and Mars lack certain essential elements. A new study reveals that these missing ...

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

For years, scientists have been puzzled about why Earth and Mars have fewer important elements like copper and zinc compared ...

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...

Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

Now, researchers have connected 49 seismic events to impact craters, proving that meteorite strikes leave distinct seismic ...

The image below, taken by the European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter (which arrived at Mars in 2016), shows one of the ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

More than 15,000 mounds jut skyward from the lowlands of Mars’ Chryse Planitia, located near a natural dividing line between the planet’s southern and northern hemispheres. The geological ...

That feature is Athabasca Valles, a system of valleys carved into volcanic plains on Mars. The Athabasca Valles system offers key insights into the history of water on the Red Planet, and its ...