An instrument aboard the Vikram lander suggests that buried water ice could be found at higher latitudes, making it more ...

The Copernicus Climate Change Service has revealed that March 2025 saw the lowest sea ice maximum extent in the 47-year ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a planetary nebula designated Messier 57 (also known as NGC 6720), dubbed the Ring Nebula. As a result, ...

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, captivates scientists with its massive size, stunning rings, and diverse moons.

The Perseverance rover has found some intriguing samples on the red planet. Here's what they might reveal about the origins ...

A record low for Arctic winter sea ice has led to a record low for our planet's sea ice content as a whole. New research from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Colorado ...

Under its gravitational influence, space-time is curved around it. This stretches the image of the spiral galaxy behind it into a ring. NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Everything indicates that this rare ...

By Austyn Gaffney Earth is missing a lot of sea ice this year. Enough to cover the entire United States east of the Mississippi. That was announced by researchers at NASA and the National Snow and ...

Bergeron (STScI), NASA/ESA ... The chunks of rock and ice that make up the rings are being pulled into the planet by its gravity—scientists call this “ring rain.” “We estimate that ...

and these bits of ice can be from a grain of sand in size up to the size of a mountain. "There is also some dust and little bits of rock in these rings." Astronomers know where at least one ring ...