The Senkyo Region of Titan
This new Cassini image was acquired at a distance of approximately 1.2 million miles and looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Titan. Named after a…
This new Cassini image was acquired at a distance of approximately 1.2 million miles and looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Titan. Named after a…
Using the Robo-AO adaptive optics system and the PALM-3000 adaptive optics system, astronomers have identified a planet in a quadruple star system for only the…
Research from MIT details a new technique that analyzes data from NASA’s Kepler space observatory to determine the types of clouds on planets that orbit…
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is set to be the first mission to successfully visit a dwarf planet when it enters orbit around Ceres on Friday, March…
In a new study, chemical engineers and astronomers from Cornell University reveal that Titan could harbor methane-based, oxygen-free cells that metabolize, reproduce and do everything…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a small hole on February 24 to collect sample powder from inside a rock target called “Telegraph Peak,” which is…
Paul Geithner (Deputy Project Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope) answers questions about building the James Webb Space Telescope and what it will allow…
These new images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft show the full range of different crater shapes that can be found at Ceres’ surface: From shallow, flattish…
This four minute video outlines the MMS Mission and the phenomenon of magnetic reconnection. NASA | MMS Mission Overview Senior Project Scientist Tom Moore outlines…
NASA’S MAVEN spacecraft has completed its first deep-dip maneuver, gathering measurements closer to the top of the lower atmosphere of Mars. NASA’S Mars Atmosphere and…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft views Pluto’s moons Nix and Hydra as it continues on its journey toward the dwarf planet. Exactly 85 years after Clyde…
This new image from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft reveals more details of the dwarf planet Ceres. Craters and mysterious bright spots are beginning to pop out…
In a newly published study, scientists from the Planetary Sciences Group of the UPV/EHU-University are studying images of a mysterious bulge that rose up from…
Astronomers have discovered a rare red planet that has six times the mass of Jupiter, but is about the same size. Two research groups of…
New research from a team of geologists reveals that the Earth’s inner core has an inner core of its own, with crystals aligned in a…
Launched in 2005, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has now orbited the Red Planet more than 40,000 times. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passed a mission milestone…
Scientists from UCLA have discovered an organism that hasn’t evolved in more than 2 billion years. An international team of scientists has discovered the greatest…
Recent Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter observations reveal that deposits of hydrogen may be slightly more abundant on crater slopes in the southern hemisphere that face the…