A recent study of data from multiple missions shows the Red Planet may get its name from an iron mineral that formed when ...

Their discovery showed that even tucked away in our innards – in the walls of our stomachs, subjected to vinegar-like pH ...

Research published late last year indicated “seismic discontinuities in the Martian crust” that scientists believe could be ...

With new data coming in from Mars, scientists have a new theory about why the planet is red. What does this mean for whether ...

Scientists Ikuo Katayama from Hiroshima University and Yuya Akamatsu from the Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics ...

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or call the information line (804-752-3210) for dates and times.

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

Fifteen of the world’s top Lego builders have been invited to showcase their unique creations at the annual Masterpiece ...

The ice sheet is bending the rocky crust beneath at a rate of 0.13 millimetres per year. Mars's upper mantle is stiff ... of Earth and other rocky planets may appear proverbially 'rock solid', but ...

Geochemical evidence from laboratory experiments for a potential solid inner core at the center of Mars is reported in Nature Communications. Data from NASA's InSight mission has revealed that ...

Mars – dusty, dry, and desert-clad – was once so rich in water it had not just lakes, but oceans, according to a new study. Observations using ground-penetrating radar have revealed underground ...