Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures ...

Compare Mars and Earth in size, atmosphere, gravity, and potential for life. Discover their differences and shared traits. Explore the mysteries of the Red Planet!

In late June, we hosted this year's second Ars Live event, a conversation with climate scientist Zeke Hausfather, who holds ...

Scientists have long agreed this event was triggered by a sudden surge in greenhouse gases which resulted in an intense and ...

Volcanic planets with static crusts, called Ignan Earths, can maintain liquid oceans and temperate climates favorable to life.

Earth's largest waterfall, Denmark Strait cataract, is located in Arctic waters between Iceland and Greenland and is roughly ...

NASA is focused on the moon as a crucial stepping stone for future deep space exploration. Earth's moon is a 4.5-billion-year ...

Satellite observation of the imbalance between incoming and outgoing radiation in the atmosphere, which causes global warming ...

The ten warmest years since the early days of the industrial revolution have all occurred since 2015. Read more here.

And the eruptions can make warming worse, melting more glaciers.

The outlook is promising for future long-term monitoring of planets across multiple wavelengths. Infrared imaging data from ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have identified TOI-1846 b, a super-Earth exoplanet located 154 light-years away.