Uncover the Webb Telescope's fascinating discovery of a 34-million-year-old planet-forming disk around a red star.

Martian sunset on a dusty day. The thermal impact of dust storms on Mars is significant, and is thought to play a similar ...

For now, the discovery of ancient beaches on Mars offers a glimpse into a time when the Red Planet may have been a blue one, ...

Many images labeled as "sonic booms" actually show something entirely different. These dramatic vapor cones form not from shockwaves, but from expansion fans caused by rapid air pressure changes. Here ...

There's something else about Mars' orbit ... and colder than winter in the North. This stunning image comes from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on the MRO, which launched ...

To make glass from soft tissue the sequence of events must be exactly right. This is how experts think it went down ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month ...

No, but I am able to wrap my head around much of it when I am asked to create an image to document the research. The joy of being a science photographer ... that generates something that seems ...

Everyone who has ever hung their washing outside to dry knows three things speed up the process: warmth, direct sunlight, and ...

A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals that Mars is red for very much the same reason it may have once been home to life — namely, that it was a wet planet. This is in line with ...

A young man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was likely overcome by a fast-moving cloud of gas at a ...

Credit: AVO Alaska, largely unspoiled wilderness, looks like something out of The Lord of ... showing vigorous plumes of vapor coming from the summit's fumaroles, or vents. "Enjoy this spectacular ...