For decades, scientists believed water was the essential cradle for life. But new research suggests life’s building blocks ...

The alien world orbits a dim, reddish ball of gas called a red dwarf star in the northern constellation Lyra. Scientists ...

A landmark report for the global agreement on wetlands paints a dire picture of the state of the world’s water bodies that ...

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river drainage systems. Water is the biosphere's lifeblood, and without it, Earth ...

The four astronauts of Axiom Mission 4 were the latest to make a splashdown off the coast of California following a stint at the space station.

There's a broad consensus in the scientific community that a follow-up mission to Pluto should be an orbiter, and not a ...

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

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

Evidence of algae growth and climate simulations reveal the Arctic had seasonal ice, not a permanent ice shelf, for much of ...

Scientists found that large-scale dam building since 1835 shifted Earth's poles over a meter and significantly lowered sea ...

The most eye-popping example of dams’ astronomical impact can be seen by analyzing the effects of China’s Three Gorges Dam, ...

Why do some rivers split? UCSB scientists found the answer—and it could change how we restore and manage waterways.