New simulations suggest Jupiter holds far more water than once thought, reshaping ideas about how the largest planet formed.

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the existence of a bright galaxy that formed just 280 million years after the ...

Earth is often described as a water world, but how that water arrived has never been settled. For years, the focus has rested ...

Many of our most memorable winter storms, big or small, originate in the same general location: immediately east of the Rocky ...

The Perseverance rover is continuing its mission to find clues about the geological past of Mars. The rover’s main goals are ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...