Floated by Carl Sagan in the 1970s, terraforming Mars has been relegated to the pages of science fiction. But could it work?

But what is the science behind extraterrestrial life? Is it possible that humans will ever experience "first contact" with an ...

MIT researchers have developed a powerful improvement to carbon capture tech by using nanofiltration membranes to separate ...

The Trump administration is pulling NASA scientists from a historic research facility amid broader budget cuts.

Earth’s surface tells a complex story, shaped not only by visible forces like tectonics and erosion but also by hidden mantle ...

Geothermal energy in the northeast United States may provide an alternative source of heat during this region's bitterly cold ...

In April, scientists captured global attention by announcing they’d found a molecule in a faraway planet’s atmosphere that ...

A new international study led by researchers at the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry in China has uncovered how carbon ...

A new study published in Science Advances by researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy ...

Many of the minerals involved in proposed deep sea mining operations are located on black, potato-shaped nodules that lie on ...

Legislation that would ban carbon sequestration activity within the footprint of a massive source of drinking water for Central Illinois is heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk.

A new analysis of archived satellite imagery has revealed that the growing presence of small-scale mining in the Peruvian ...