The lunar surface is pocked with the scars of asteroids that have battered it for millennia. The heat generated by these cosmic collisions melted rocks lying on the moon’s face. As the minerals in the...

A rock containing many smaller round stones could indicate that there was once a large amount of liquid water on the Red Planet.

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The Surprising Discovery of Ancient Martian Shores Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, has long fascinated scientists and enthusiasts alike. Known for its red surface and desolate landscapes, recent research reveals that this barren world may have once been a vacation destination—complete with sandy beaches. This groundbreaking insight comes from the findings of China's Zhurong rover, which has provided compelling evidence of buried shorelines deep beneath the Martian surface.

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Join us as we reveal surprising planetary exploration secrets, including a daring approach to Mars, an asteroid visit, and more.

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As astronomers found more and more exoplanets in recent years, they've discovered an unusual gap in the population. It's called the Neptunian Desert, a curious scarcity of Neptune-sized exoplanets orbiting...

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Armed with a drone and a device which is a cross between a scoop and a spatula, a graduate student is cracking the code of Mars by studying California's desert dunes. By comparing wind carved patterns...

Circular landforms speckling the Venusian surface may be the work of tectonic activity.

When the Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon, they discovered drifts of tiny brilliant orange glass beads glittering across the surface. Each one less than 1 mm across and formed about 3.6 billion years...

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission will soon be heading to two extremely different space rocks, and should provide vital data to help us understand the nature of asteroids and comets

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