SWOT satellite lets scientists observe small-scale eddies and waves for the first time A NASA-led satellite mission has ...

In the waters off Iwo Jima, a volcanic island in Japan’s Satsuma archipelago, the sea has a distinct green tint. It’s not ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using tiny changes in sea surface height to reveal underwater features, ...

Water is essential to life, yet its true origin on Earth still stirs debate. Scientists have long wondered whether it came ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, ...

ELVIS, or Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System, is a holographic microscope that can deliver detailed 3D views of cells and ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...

The menacing asteroid that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs left a colossal marine crater in what's now the Yucatan Peninsula.