Launched in October 2024, Europa Clipper is on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) journey to study Jupiter and its moons. On March 1, it flew within 550 miles (884 kilometers) of Mars' surface ...

Another (and, in our view, more important) source of energy for life on Iceheim is the heat coming from its core, underneath ...

Scientists have been able to recreate the extreme conditions found on icy moons in deep space—and revealed the unstable ...

Mars has lost immense amounts of water over it lifetime, and scientists aren't sure exactly how. New research hints that the planet's violently varying tilt may be a key factor.

Learn about cryovolcanism, which shapes the surface of icy moons in the outer Solar System by releasing water that ...

What processes other than water and energy could be responsible for creating life on other worlds? This is what a recent ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? - Ultimately, scientists are searching for an answer to one of the great questions ...

NASA's Europa Clipper nailed a major radar test during a Mars flyby, proving it’s ready to peer into Europa’s mysterious icy shell and search for underground oceans.

Curiosity Mars rover turns 10 NASA's Curiosity rover has captured the first close-up images of a part of Mars that scientists say provide evidence of how water once flowed on the red planet.

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting environments for long stretches in the ancient past, a new study suggests.

China's upcoming Mars sample return mission represents the next research goal following the successful deployment of the Zhurong rover on Mars in 2021.

NASA's Curiosity rover explored Mars' Gale Crater, finding "boxwork" patterns and evidence of ancient waterways, providing clues about the red planet's watery past.