New evidence for past water on Mars was revealed in research identifying over 15,000 kilometers of dry riverbeds on the ...

A sweeping orbital survey charted over 9,320 miles (15,000 kilometers) of riverbeds winding etched into Noachis Terra, a ...

Dark “slope streaks,” likely resulting from dust avalanches, stretch across an area of Mars called Acheron Fossae in this ...

Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

From Mexico City to the Mekong Delta, increasingly severe droughts caused by climate change are laying waste to ecosystems ...

Remains of this key transitional species date to a mysterious "black hole" in the fossil record.

FILE - In this photo provided by Gigablue, circular structures called booms containing particles engineered by the company ...

NPR's science podcast Short Wave shares how taking a nap can deliver a eureka moment, a new picture of a planet right after it was born, and how wildfires can affect water quality – after the ...

From the beautiful to the bizarre, this annual photographic showcase shines a light on some of our planet’s most breathtaking ...