Discovered in 1655 by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, Titan is Saturn’s largest moon - and one of the most Earth-like ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

Methane emissions in Sweden’s Siljan Ring lakes are up to 300 times higher than expected, raising climate concerns. View on ...

Mars's Jezero Crater is offering scientists a treasure trove of intriguing new findings that may hide clues to the Martian past.

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a fascinating world that is unique among moons of the outer solar system. It's shrouded in a ...

Gases released from magma (molten rock) inside Earth escape through cracks in the surface and collect in the early atmosphere. The likely presence of methane and ammonia among the gases makes for ...

Scientists with NASA’s Perseverance rover are exploring what they consider a veritable Martian cornucopia full of intriguing rocky outcrops on the rim of Jezero Crater. Studying rocks, boulders, and ...

The idea seems counterintuitive: after all, methane, the major component of natural gas, has been demonized by environmentalists for being a potent greenhouse gas. But a synthetic version could ...

Methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, but there is far less of it in the atmosphere and it does not stay there as long. Methane is more than 25 times as potent as carbon ...