New data from NASA has revealed a troubling trend: in 2024, global sea levels rose at a faster-than-expected rate, surprising ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

The pH scale is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, 1 being highly acidic, 14 being highly alkaline, and 7 ...

Ocean Worlds Water in the Solar System and Beyond The story of oceans is the story of life. Oceans define our home planet, covering the majority of Earth’s surface and driving the water cycle that ...

NASA's about to launch a huge spacecraft to a world harboring voluminous seas. Planetary scientists suspect Jupiter's moon Europa contains an ocean at least twice the size of Earth's. The Europa ...

A mission that will investigate the potential habitability of an ice-covered ocean world in our solar system — Jupiter’s moon Europa — has lifted off.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has allowed scientists to determine, for the first time, the pH level of the ocean beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus — and it turns out to be highly alkaline, ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien ...

Bad news from the Pacific Ocean. A capsule from German aerospace company The Exploration Company, Nyx, was the one that ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting ...

As part of a rideshare mission with SpaceX, the Nyx capsule launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 23rd. The ...

A capsule created by German aerospace startup The Exploration Company crash-landed in the ocean with a payload that included ...