Scientists Explain the Formation of the Unusual Third Van Allen Radiation Ring
UCLA scientists explain the formation of an unusual third radiation ring that briefly appeared between the inner and outer Van Allen radiation belts in September…
UCLA scientists explain the formation of an unusual third radiation ring that briefly appeared between the inner and outer Van Allen radiation belts in September…
To the surprise of many researchers, NASA’s Curiosity rover has failed to detect methane on Mars. Data from NASA’s Curiosity rover has revealed the Martian…
By using data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft to analyze the distinctive cracks lining the surface of Europa, NASA scientists determined that Europa likely rotated around…
By using habitable zone and stellar evolution models, astrobiologists from the University of East Anglia have estimated that habitable conditions on Earth will be possible…
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…
New research presented at the European Planetary Science Congress at UCL examines whether life forms would be able to survive an impact with the surface…
A new four-minute ScienceCast video explores the strange phenomena coming from the tops of thunderstorms and details the new ISS experiment called “Firestation” that is…
New research presented to the European Planetary Science Congress at UCL aims to explore how atmospheric biomarkers from faraway planets might be detected in 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 newly published study measures distances, luminosities, and temperatures of brown dwarfs, finding that they are warmer than previously thought with temperatures about 400-450 K…
This new four minute ScienceCast video details the upcoming NASA LADEE mission to explore lunar twilight rays and other mysteries of the lunar atmosphere. A…
New Subaru Telescope observations of super-Earth GJ 1214 b show that the exoplanet is likely to have a water-rich atmosphere. A Japanese research team of…
A newly published study details a massive storm that erupted on Saturn in late 2010, finding that cloud particles at the top of the great…
Astronomers from the University of British Columbia have identified a 60-kilometer-wide (37-mile-wide) asteroid that shares the orbit of Uranus. UBC astronomers have discovered the first…
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown canyon hidden beneath two kilometers of ice in Greenland. The canyon is at least 750km long and in places…
Using new data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists from UC Santa Cruz discovered a negative correlation between the gravity and topography signals on Titan, indicating…
NASA’s Curiosity rover successfully used autonomous navigation for the first time this week. Pasadena, California – NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has used autonomous navigation for…
Astronomers used the Subaru Telescope to observe a disk around the young star RY Tau, finding that a “fluffy” layer above the disk appears to…