"You need so much water that we think these could be evidence of an ancient warmer and wetter climate where there was rain falling for millions of years." ...

Travertine is not only a geological wonder but also a popular building material. Its use dates back to ancient Rome, evident ...

The water level at the Lonar lake has risen by about four metres since 2022. This rise threatens to change the pH level of ...

Imagine walking across your field, picking up rocks like you've done a thousand times before, when suddenly you're holding a ...

For the Moon itself, the story is different. The Moon has far less water than Earth, but for such a dry world it’s important. Most of it lies frozen in dark polar craters, and these icy spots could ...

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

Planetary scientists analyzing oxygen isotopes in lunar soil from the Apollo mission sites conclude that meteorite ...

NEW YORK, NY – More than 150 years after a Martian meteorite fell in India, a much larger relative is now making headlines—this time at a high-profile auction in New York. A massive chunk of Mars, ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

A new NASA study of its Apollo lunar soils clarifies the Moon’s record of meteorite impacts and timing of water delivery.

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...