The Soviet Union came incredibly close to making space history with Mars 2 and Mars 3, two ambitious missions built to land on the Red Planet before the United States. This video explores how Mars 3 ...

Bizarre 'bleached' rocks on the surface of Mars suggest that the Red Planet was once a tropical oasis, a new study reveals. Scientists at Purdue University in Indiana have analysed photos of fragments ...

Do you know which planet is called the green planet of the solar system? This ice giant contains a large amount of methane gas, which absorbs red light and reflects blue-green light. Learn about its ...

An international team of researchers has discovered an unusual iron sulfate on Mars, which may turn out to be a previously unknown mineral. The compound was found in ancient sulfate deposits near the ...

New observations have ruled out the chances of an asteroid hitting the moon in 2032, according to scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope.

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THE waters off the glittering coastlines of Britain's Caribbean territories have long been a mystery. But now scientists on the first expedition beyond the ...

Missouri’s been hiding its own alien landscape this whole time, and it costs exactly zero dollars to visit Elephant Rocks State Park in Belleview. When billion-year-old granite decides to show off, ...

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Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an ...