Far beyond our blue planet, some 1.2 billion kilometers away, lies Saturn’s largest moon, Titan—a massive, hazy orb often described as an “Earthlike surface atop a hidden ocean.” Though cloaked in icy ...

The changes in ocean chemistry were gradual. The Archaean period lasted 1.5 billion years. This is more than half of Earth’s ...

Based on the most likely pathway, the total biomass of the moon, if it has any, will probably be less than an average human.

"Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence. A new scientific database may finally reveal the ...

For generations, sailors around the globe have reported a mysterious phenomenon: Vast areas of the ocean glow steadily at ...

For centuries, sailors have reported the eerie glow of "milky seas" — vast areas of ocean that shine at night like a soft ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But the crater it left behind in the Gulf of Mexico was a ...

As global temperatures rise, scientists debate the pros and cons of solar geoengineering, a strategy to cool Earth by reflecting sunlight into space.

Krill is considered to be the largest animal biomass in the wild on Earth and is an important prey species for baleen whales ...

A new study by an international team of researchers revealed that a rare and large summertime phytoplankton bloom in the ...

Monetizing the work is uncomfortable for many who study the ocean. “On one hand, it’s encouraging more research and more science ... marked the hottest year in Earth’s history, even as ...