Chang’e-6 samples reveal two types of basalts, refining lunar volcanic timelines and showing young magmatism on the Moon’s far side.

Through the intricate study of lava tubes -- caves formed following volcanic eruptions when lava cools down -- an international team of researchers has uncovered clues about Earth's ancient ...

Scientists release first analyses of samples from China’s Chang’e-6 mission, which landed on the lunar far side.

Venus is the most misunderstood planet in our solar system. ESA's Envision mission seeks to uncover its climate, history, and possibly its past habitability.

Even JWST can’t separate these tiny planets from their host stars – as they orbit their stars too closely. But there is a way ...

Olympus Mons, on the planet of Mars, is the largest and youngest volcano in the solar system. Found in the Tharsis Montes region near the Martian equator, it is one of a dozen large volcanoes, many of ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity on a ...

On 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. At the time, scientists didn't know much about the Red Planet.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international cooperation of NASA and the European and Canadian space agencies, a ...

Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets: planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to ...

Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is a centaur, a class of objects that orbit between Jupiter and Neptune. However, it displays ...

Olympus Mons is the tallest mountain in our Solar System. This giant volcano is located on Mars. Its base covers the same ...