Rolling Stones on Mars: More Than Meets the Eye
There’s more to this image of Mars than first meets the eye: nestled in the detail of the cliff face that cuts through this scene…
There’s more to this image of Mars than first meets the eye: nestled in the detail of the cliff face that cuts through this scene…
Researchers find high-energy oxygen and sulfur ions in Jupiter’s inner radiation belts — and a previously unknown ion source. Nearly 20 years after the end…
Led by the University of Bern, an international research team has discovered a sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star. The discovery was also made…
By looking at the range of isotopic variations in terrestrial and meteoritic samples, a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientist and collaborators have figured out…
By combining Hubble Space Telescope observations with theoretical models, a team of astronomers has gained insights into the chemical and physical makeup of a variety…
One of the strangest things in the cosmos might be – us. Among the thousands of planets confirmed to be in orbit around other stars,…
Astronomers have managed to link the properties of the inner planets of our solar system with our cosmic history: with the emergence of ring structures…
Like a sprinkle of powdered sugar on a rich red velvet cake, this scene from the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captures the contrasting colors…
New modeling suggests fast collisions could explain why Earth is habitable while Venus is not. New modeling suggests large, high-speed impacts during Venus’ early history…
Researchers have identified the first signature of a magnetic field surrounding a planet outside of our solar system. Earth’s magnetic field acts as a shield…
The more than 70 sunless worlds are each roughly the mass of Jupiter. Using observations and archival data from several of NSF’s NOIRLab’s observatories, together…
International research team investigated the isotopic composition of rocky planets in the inner Solar System. Earth and Mars were formed from material that largely originated…
Meteorites are remnants of the building blocks that formed Earth and the other planets orbiting our Sun. Recent analysis of their isotopic makeup led by…
Rogue planets are elusive cosmic objects that have masses comparable to those of the planets in our Solar System but do not orbit a star,…
A new study shows it’s theoretically possible. The hypothesis could be tested soon with proposed Venus-bound missions. It’s hard to imagine a more inhospitable world…
The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted significant amounts of water at the heart of Mars’ dramatic canyon system, Valles Marineris. The water, which…
The world’s first 3D simulation simultaneously considering dust motion and growth in a disk around a young star has shown that large dust from the…
As far as extrasolar planets go, ‘GJ 367 b’ is a featherweight. With half the mass of Earth, the newly discovered planet is one of…