Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have spotted unusual gases in the air of a planet called K2-18b, which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vitas Carosella covers sports and society with a focus on climate. World Ocean Day is celebrated every year on June 8th and has ...

Moons and asteroids with a global ocean are tending to become relatively common objects in the Solar System. There have been at least nine and now ten with Saturn’s tiny (250 mile across Mimas). Give ...

June is the month when the global community honors the crucial services the ocean provides. From World Ocean Day (June 8 this year) to the United Nations Ocean Conference (June 27-July 1), we ...

Astronomers have discovered an intriguing exoplanet that could be entirely covered in water. The potential ocean world is called TOI-1452 b, located around 100 light-years away in the constellation of ...

A key chemical building block of life has been found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Phosphorus was detected in salty ice grains that were released into space by plumes that erupt between the cracks of ...

Planetary scientists have a fascinating hypothesis about Saturn's smallest moon, Mimas, which they say may be home to a "stealth" underground ocean that's been hidden from our best observations. In a ...

We may find alien life on a planet unlike any place in our Solar System — and we may find it soon. A huge planet called K2-18b has methane and carbon dioxide mixed in with its mostly hydrogen ...

Ever since NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully dropped off samples taken from the asteroid Bennu in September, scientists have been poring over results from the precious cargo, the largest cache ...

From shorelines to screens, World Oceans Day is making waves today with the 2025 theme, Wonder: Sustaining what sustains us. This movement calls people to reflect on the ocean’s role in supporting all ...

Oceans help sustain life on Earth, but the tipping point is near, experts said. Oceans do so much to sustain life on Earth, including bearing the brunt of global temperatures that have been steadily ...

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