NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Completes 1,000th Orbit around Mars
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft completed 1,000 orbits around the Red Planet on April 6, four-and-a-half months into its one-year primary mission….
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft completed 1,000 orbits around the Red Planet on April 6, four-and-a-half months into its one-year primary mission….
Using satellite data, scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute have observed the shape of glaciers just below the surface of Mars. New studies have now…
In a new study, astronomers used mathematical analysis and simulations to show that it is possible for a rocky planet to form around binary stars….
Using NASA data, researchers from Brown University created a geologic history of flowing water on the surface of Mars. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University) —…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered evidence of nitrates in scooped samples of windblown sand and dust at the “Rocknest” site, providing further evidence that the…
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is set to discover thousands of exoplanets in orbit around the brightest stars in the sky. The Transiting Exoplanet…
A new catalog of reflectance spectra for a diverse range of pigmented microorganisms may help scientists recognize life on the surface of planets orbiting stars…
A newly published study reveals that supernovae are capable of producing enough material to form planets. Using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), an…
Astronomers reveal that billions of the stars in the Milky Way will have one to three planets in the habitable zone, where there is the…
New research being presented at the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference details the discovery of an unexplained high-altitude dust cloud and aurora that reaches…
Using data from NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility and the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, astronomers reveal features around Chiron that may signal rings, jets,…
Using data from the MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists reveal previously unrecognized geochemical terranes of Mercury. Two new papers from members of the MESSENGER Science Team provide…
New research from astronomers at the University of Washington details how some habitable exoplanets could experience wildly unpredictable climates. As telescopes of ever-greater power scan…
After a temporary delay, the Curiosity Mars rover used its robotic arm to sieve and deliver a rock-powder sample to an onboard instrument. The Chemistry…
By watching the rocking motion of the two aurorae, astronomers have determined that a large amount of saltwater exists beneath Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. NASA’s Hubble…
Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, two newly published studies reveal the first clear evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus exhibits signs of present-day hydrothermal activity…
At 5:36 a.m. PST on March 6th, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft became the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet. The spacecraft was approximately…
New measurements by researchers at NASA reveal that an ocean once covered approximately twenty percent of the Martian surface, making Mars is considerably wetter than…