Orbiter Examines Clues to Possible Water Flows on Mars
Using images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, several new studies examine recurring slope lineae on Mars and possible water flows. NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars have…
Using images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, several new studies examine recurring slope lineae on Mars and possible water flows. NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars have…
Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has led to the discovery of feldspar minerals on Mars, providing the most compelling evidence to date that Mars…
In a newly published study, researchers from the Natural History Museum provide the first evidence that any organic material, either inside a meteorite or already…
Geoscientists from Rice University are building a whole-Earth model to study long-term climate evolution, focusing on how carbon moves between Earth’s external and internal systems….
A team of scientists has discovered the first definitive proof of a comet striking Earth millions of years ago. The first ever evidence of a…
Using satellite images and airborne radar measurements, a team of scientists has discovered giant channels of ice beneath the Antarctic ice shelf. Scientists have discovered…
In a newly published study, researchers from the University of Leeds detail how they solved a 300-year-old riddle about which direction the center of the…
Scientists have confirmed that the northwest Pacific is home to the largest single volcano yet documented on Earth. Houston – A University of Houston (UH)…
A team of researchers has found evidence of water locked in mineral grains on the surface of the moon from an unknown source deep beneath…
A newly published study details how three atmospheric patterns came together in 2010 and 2011, driving so much precipitation over Australia that the world’s ocean…
A newly published study suggests that planetary “runaway greenhouse” climates are more easily triggered than previously thought. It might be easier than previously thought for…
In a newly published study, researcher Iannis Dandouras details the discovery of plasmaspheric wind, providing the first conclusive proof of the existence this wind first…
A newly published study provides the first experimental evidence that the Earth’s inner core has rotated at a variety of different speeds and suggests that…
In a new study, scientists from the University of Exeter and the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon reveal that Saturn’s youthful appearance is due to…
New research led by Brown University suggests that pre-existing mineralogy on the Moon can survive large impacts and impact melts. Large impacts on the Moon…
New research has unveiled an unexpected link between Vesta and the moon and has helped scientists better understand the event known as the “Lunar Cataclysm.”…
New research from Penn State suggests that the number of Earth-sized planets in the habitable zones of low-mass stars is more common than previously thought….
Based on the study of lava sand grains from the beach of Mauritius, a newly published study from a group of geoscientists suggests that a…