New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

On October 9, 2008, the State Space Agency of Ukraine sent a message towards Gliese 581c. Unlike the Voyager records, whose messages were chosen by a committee chaired by renowned physicist Carl Sagan ...

Satellite observation of the imbalance between incoming and outgoing radiation in the atmosphere, which causes global warming ...

Antarctic research reveals how rare earth elements move underground through freeze-thaw cycles in desert environments.

By discovering carbonate rocks, NASA's Mars rovers may have unlocked the key to understanding the fate of the Red Planet's ...

New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon ...

Rare earth elements might sound like something out of science fiction, but they’re real—and essential to the modern world.

They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements ...

Wave-like landforms on Mars provide clues about the planet’s icy history, its potential to support life, and the behavior of ...

In 1978, renowned ecologist Dan Janzen jumped into a ravine in Costa Rica, broke three ribs, and spent the first month of the rainy season watching the tropical dry forest from inside a shack. At ...

While Mars is often the most commonly discussed planet with water beyond the Earth, in 2012, NASA scientists discovered strong evidence of water ice on the most unexpected planet with one of the ...

Dry-ice snow actually does reach the ground," NASA's website states. That's pretty different from what we experience on Earth or what Mars may have had long ago.