New photos captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show that Mars' giant, spiderweb-like "boxwork" features are covered in tiny, never-before-seen nodules that bear a striking resemblance to arachnid eggs.

America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth, these ...

It comes down to the speed at which these objects were moving during their formation, and the strength with which their ...

If you think auroras on Earth are a strange and mesmerizing sight, that's nothing like what occurs on the perplexing world of Uranus.

New research using the James Webb Space Telescope offers the most detailed portrait yet of how auroras form on Uranus.

Astrobiologists say we could find evidence of microbial life within the next 10–20 years. What does that mean? Where are we ...

Life on Earth may not have started here at all. A scientist says alien intervention is unlikely but still possible, reshaping the debate on our true origins.

Elon Musk had some bizarre things to say at a recent xAI meeting. Credit: Hakan Nural/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images And in an unusual move, xAI posted the entire 45-minute meeting online. The most ...

As next-generation telescopes map this outer frontier, astronomers are bracing for discoveries that could reveal hidden planets, strange structures, and clues to the solar system’s chaotic youth.

A vast underground tunnel known as a lava tube, formed from ancient volcanic activity, has been discovered Venus.