Curiosity Reveals Clues about Mars’ Original Atmosphere
In two new studies, NASA’s Curiosity Rover reveals details about the Martian atmosphere and clues about how Mars may have lost much of its original…
In two new studies, NASA’s Curiosity Rover reveals details about the Martian atmosphere and clues about how Mars may have lost much of its original…
As the search for habitable planets continues, astronomers detail how they determine which exoplanets have all the right conditions for life to thrive. There is…
Scientists at MIT have discovered a “hidden flux” of material deep in the Earth’s mantle that would make the planet’s overall composition more similar to…
Scientists from the Department of Astronomy at Harvard University have developed a new interactive website that models the interiors of exoplanets. An interactive tool to…
While analyzing Neptune photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, an astronomer discovered a new moon orbiting Neptune. Designated S/2004 N 1, the new moon…
A new model developed by scientists at NASA shows that eccentric rings in debris disks can form without planets. Many young stars known to host…
Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have revealed that the actual visible-light color of exoplanet HD 189733b is deep blue. Astronomers making visible-light…
A scientist from the University of Chicago may have discovered the solution to a 135-year-old meteorite mystery, revealing that chondrules may have formed from high-pressure…
In a step toward analyzing Mars for signs of life, researchers from MIT, Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital are working on a DNA-sequencing microchip that…
Researchers from the University of Exeter are presenting their first results from the analysis of eight ‘hot Jupiter’ exoplanets, finding that winds and clouds play…
Kerberos and Styx have been officially recognized as the names for the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is announcing…
New research from scientists at the University of St Andrews investigates the effect of the magnetic fields of M dwarf stars on potentially habitable Earth-like…
Using the Microvariability & Oscillations of Stars (MOST) space telescope, astronomers were able to estimate the true size and mass of super-Earth HD 97658b for…
Researchers from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University have published a new study that used computer simulations of cloud behavior to help suggest that…
Using data from Gemini Observatory’s Planet-Finding Campaign, several new studies reveal the nature of gas-giant exoplanets, finding that they tend to dwell near their parent…
A team of astronomers have discovered two planets (Kepler-66b and Kepler-67b) that are about three-fourths the size of Neptune orbiting Sun-like stars 3,000 light-years from…
In a newly published study, the Planetary Sciences Group of the University of the Basque Country explains the nature of the giant storms on Saturn….
By adding HARPS observations, along with data from several other telescopes, to previous data about Gliese 667C, a team of astronomers discovered that this system…