Like pipes, statues and nails, the moon can rust. Such rusting has occurred despite a seeming lack of necessary components — ...

A recent study suggests oxygen leaking from Earth's atmosphere may be behind the presence of hematite, a type of rust, near ...

NASA’s Carruthers mission will capture the first full images of Earth’s exosphere, helping protect astronauts and guide the search for life.

The bottom line is that the fact that fire is so tightly bound to Earth is a reminder of how special our planet is. Every ...

Space agencies could change their targets for metals from asteroids to the Moon, as platinum minerals could be spread across the Moon’s craters.

More than 50 times further from the Sun than Earth, the tiny dwarf planet Makemake is one of the last places you'd expect to ...

NASA’s IMAP mission will explore the heliosphere and study how it shields Earth from cosmic radiation and space weather.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...

Slices from the edge of Mars reveal a layered atmosphere of delicate complexity. A European spacecraft has captured a ...