Searching for life in alien oceans may be more difficult than scientists previously thought, even when we can sample these ...

Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching places where we can detect it.

Using computer models similar to those used to study Earth's oceans, researchers say their findings have important ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

Water is ubiquitous and seemingly ordinary, possessing no distinct color or odor. Though we often take water for granted, it ...

The veteran HOV can now officially dive deeper into the sea, broadening the horizons of scientific discoveries under the ...

One of Saturn’s many moons, Enceladus, might look like a frozen wasteland, but astronomers are now saying it has all of the building blocks for life. It’s an ocean moon, though all of its surface ...

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from ...