Astronomers have long been intrigued by the makeup of the asteroid belt’s largest body. When it was first spotted in 1801, Ceres appeared dry and rocky, its surface marked by craters and dents. For ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The new National Geographic special “Ocean with David Attenborough” offers a look at the deep blue seas through a style that almost mimics water movement. There are calm ...

For years, planetary scientists treated Titan as an ocean world in disguise, a frozen shell hiding a vast global sea of liquid water. Now a fresh look at old spacecraft data is overturning that ...

The Investigating Ocean Worlds (InvOW) project will measure organic compounds across three domains: the subseafloor (A), the ocean (B), and the cryosphere (C), with a goal of helping NASA apply what ...

New evidence from an old NASA mission supports the theory that Jupiter's moon Callisto is in fact an ocean world. Credit: NASA / JPL / DLR A moon of Jupiter about the size of Mercury likely has a ...

“After a lifetime of filming the natural world, I know understand the most important place on earth is not on land. It’s life at its most mesmerizing. We must open our eyes at what’s happening right ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A tiny, ice-encrusted ocean world orbiting Saturn is now a hotter-than-ever candidate for potential life. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected hydrogen molecules in the ...

Without the world’s oceans, Earth would just be another rock hurtling through space. As surfers we’ve figured out how to have a hell of a lot of fun in the water, but of course, there’s much more to ...

Seattle and Western Washington are inseparable from the ocean. Maybe you fish or forage from it, kayak or sail on it, surf its swells, hike and camp along its coast, or simply enjoy the sight of the ...

There are five oceans recognized in the world, with the Southern Ocean being the most recent. While COVID had our attention, agencies around the world were setting boundaries and officially ...