Seismic readings of the interior of Mars strongly suggest large quantities of water buried 6 to 12 miles underground.

Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...

Primordial supernovae got the ball rolling a quick hundred million years or so after the start of the universe.

“This distinction sets up a great natural experiment for us to see if the shape, or size, of bends in rivers is distinct from ...

Astrophysicists have been grappling with the question of how water arrived on our young planet for decades. One of the earliest hypotheses suggested that Earth’s water was a direct byproduct of ...

More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had liquid water on its surface. After the planet lost much of its ...

Water once existed in abundance of at the surface of Mars. How much of that water has been stored in the planet's crust is still unclear, according to a new analysis.

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

The Solar System's first-of-its-kind finding may be a 90% water planet. Is the dwarf planet, Ceres, holding the possibility ...

When Earth first formed, it was too hot to retain ice. This means all the water on our planet must have originated from extraterrestrial sources. Studies of ancient terrestrial rocks suggest ...

When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...

Université Paris Cité provides funding as a member of The Conversation FR. When Earth first formed, it was too hot to retain ice. This means all the water on our planet must have originated from ...