Scientists Believe Finding Life Beyond Earth is Within Reach
Scientists gathered at NASA Headquarters to discuss the next steps to finding life beyond Earth, and outlined NASA’s roadmap to the search for life in…
Scientists gathered at NASA Headquarters to discuss the next steps to finding life beyond Earth, and outlined NASA’s roadmap to the search for life in…
A newly published study analyzes a long-lasting blast of high-energy light, revealing that the gamma-ray burst was a rare and newly recognized class of ultra-long…
A new study details further evidence of dry ice gullies on Mars, revealing that the gullies on Mars’ surface are primarily formed by the seasonal…
In a newly published study, NASA scientists use computer models to show that friction could be the key to survival for some distant Earth-sized planets….
New data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveal that Saturn’s moon Titan has a very salty ocean, and supports the idea that the moon’s icy shell…
A newly discovered planet in a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth provides the first evidence that terrestrial planets can form in orbits…
Using data from HARPS-TERRA, the Planet Finder Spectrograph and the UCLES echelle spectrograph, astronomers have discovered a new potentially habitable Super-Earth around the nearby red-dwarf…
Scientists have used observations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites to create two new types of animations that indicate where…
A newly published study reveals evidence that nitrogen in the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan originated in conditions similar to the cold birthplace of the…
Using data from the Cassini spacecraft, astronomers from Cornell University have discovered mysterious geologic object that has appeared in the second-largest sea on Saturn’s moon…
Using data from NASA’s MESSENGER mission, scientists have identified hot flow anomalies in Mercury’s bow shock over the course of two planetary years. The solar…
New research from NASA scientists has revealed a previously unidentified material in Titan’s atmosphere, helping scientists understand more about the complex mixture of molecules that makes…
A new model will help reveal the evolution of Pluto’s moon Charon by predicting different fracture patterns on the surface of Charon depending on the…
A new study reveals that radio signals generated from Jupiter could help researchers scan its giant moons for extraterrestrial life. Powerful radio signals that Jupiter…
New research presented at the 2014 Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference reveals that the final stage of Earth’s formation is around 60 million years older than previously…
A new study uses data from the four European Space Agency satellites in the Cluster mission to reveal how solar wind breaks through the Earth’s…
A newly published study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics follows up on Kepler’s discoveries, revealing that exoplanets can be divided into three groups: terrestrials,…
New research presented at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society reveals that harsh space weather may strip the atmosphere of any rocky planet orbiting…