New Infrared Technique Detects Water in the Atmosphere of a Planet Outside Our Solar System
Using a new infrared technique, astronomers have detected water in the atmosphere of Tau Boötes b, a hot-Jupiter planet outside our solar system. Water has…
Using a new infrared technique, astronomers have detected water in the atmosphere of Tau Boötes b, a hot-Jupiter planet outside our solar system. Water has…
Using data from the European Space Agency’s Venus Express, astronomers have discovered planet-sized space weather explosions at Venus. Researchers recently discovered that a common space…
Using data from NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and Galileo orbiter, scientists have produced the first global geologic map of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. More…
This new series of images shows NASA’s Curiosity Rover driving through and past “Dingo Gap” inside Gale Crater. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is continuing its…
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…
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an impact crater about 100 feet (30 meters) in diameter that appeared at some time between…
New research shows that interplanetary dust particles from comets, asteroids, and leftover debris from the birth of the solar system, could have helped jump-start life…
New findings from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reveal that Mars had an ancient wet environment that was milder and could have supported life. Some…
Data from Kepler has revealed a new Neptune-size exoplanet that is located in orbit around a star in a double-star system 425 light-years from the…
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, researchers have definitively detected water vapor on the dwarf planet Ceres, marking the first time water vapor has been unequivocally…
This before and after view from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rock that scientists believe was likely knocked into position from one…
A newly published study looks at the formation of Pluto and its low-mass satellites, finding Pluto and Charon formed from particles that coalesced together in…
Using ALMA, astronomers observed a young star named HD142527 and discovered the first firm evidence of planet formation far from the central star in a…
A new ScienceCast video details what NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft might find when it reaches Pluto next January. One of the fastest spacecraft ever built…
Using the HARPS planet-finding instrument on ESO’s 3.6-meter telescope, astronomers have discovered three exoplanets orbiting stars in the cluster Messier 67 and one of the…
The European Space Agency has released a new five-minute fly-through movie of the ancient flood plain Kasei Valles based on the 67-image mosaic from Mars…
A newly published study reveals that the odds of Super-Earth exoplanets having an Earth-like climate are much greater than previously thought. Massive terrestrial planets, called…
While searching Kepler data for exomoons, astronomers discovered the first Earth-mass planet that crosses in front of its host star. Cambridge, Massachusetts – An international…