Deposits Found on a Nearby Asteroid Point to Salty Water in the Outer Solar System Scientists have uncovered salt minerals in ...

We also know that halite is highly soluble. It can degrade quickly when exposed to air or water on Earth. Other members of the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team identified a variety of other salt ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino acids, offering clues to how early Earth got its ingredients for life ...

Salt of the earth” means a decent and honorable person. Salt in the water, on the other hand, means a serious environmental issue that’s virtually impossible to reverse. With oceans full of ...

Oral Health: Using a sea salt water rinse can significantly improve ... you’re connecting with the earth’s natural healing ...

Japanese scientists from Kyoto University have discovered evidence of salt minerals on the asteroid Ryugu, Azernews reports.

NASA scientists have uncovered significant changes in the global water cycle over the past two decades, largely driven by ...

Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet. The finding ...

Asteroid Bennu’s samples contain pristine salts, hinting at ancient briny environments that could have formed organic ...