bodies of water

Ice-penetrating radar will help JUICE and other spacecraft find water beyond Earth

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) left Earth a year ago, embarking on a mission to explore Jupiter’s potential ocean moons — ...

How long would it take to walk around Mars?

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Humans have long had a fascination with Mars, and NASA has ambitious plans to send astronauts there within the next few decades. ...

Climate change is throwing the water cycle into chaos across the U.S.

U.S.
Amanda Smith

The water cycle that shuttles Earth’s most vital resource around in an unending, life-giving loop is in trouble. Climate change has disrupted ...

A shallow lake in Canada could point to the origin of life on Earth

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

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Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It’s taking residents’ livelihoods, too

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of it has ...