Jezero Crater’s “Delta Scarp” – A NASA Perseverance Rover Scientist’s Favorite Martian Image
A Perseverance rover scientist’s favorite shot from the young Mars mission provides a new angle on an old and intriguing surface feature. Ask any space…
A Perseverance rover scientist’s favorite shot from the young Mars mission provides a new angle on an old and intriguing surface feature. Ask any space…
The surface of Venus is cracked and moves like ice floating on the ocean – likely due to tectonic activity. The big idea Much of…
A new analysis of Venus’ surface shows evidence of tectonic motion in the form of crustal blocks that have jostled against each other like broken…
A catalyst that destroys perchlorate in water could clean Martian soil. A team led by University of California Riverside engineers has developed a catalyst to remove…
For decades, the exploration of our solar system left one of our neighboring planets, Venus, largely unexplored. Now, things are about to change. In the…
EnVision will be ESA’s next Venus orbiter, providing a holistic view of the planet from its inner core to upper atmosphere to determine how and…
While scientists have amassed considerable knowledge of the rocky planets in our solar system, like Earth and Mars, much less is known about the icy…
NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. Part of NASA’s Discovery Program, the missions aim to understand how Venus became…
How Are Solar Systems Born? Many of us remember those school-room models of our Solar System, with tiny wooden planets rotating at the ends of…
Studying data from the Kepler space telescope, Flatiron Institute researchers found that planetary shrinkage over billions of years likely explains a yearslong mystery: The scarcity…
Research team led by the University of Göttingen discovers crater floor sagging from bowl-shaped volcanic ash layer. The almost 15-million-year-old Nördlinger Ries is an asteroid…
Deep Oceans Dissolve the Rocky Shell of Water-Ice Planets What is happening deep beneath the surface of ice planets? Is there liquid water, and if…
Nearly 40 years ago, scientists first predicted the existence of helium rain inside planets composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter and Saturn….
The gases released from meteorite samples heated in a high-temperature furnace can tell scientists about the initial composition of the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets. In…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this 360-degree panorama while atop “Mont Mercou,” a rock formation that offered a view into Gale Crater below. The panorama…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured the intriguing evolution of a feature in the giant planet’s atmosphere known as “Clyde’s Spot” during its 33rd low pass over…
Earth’s nitrogen attributed to rapid growth of moon- to Mars-sized bodies. According to Rice University scientists, the possibilities for life on a particular planet rely…
Much of Mars’ ancient water was buried in the planet’s crust, not lost to space. Several oceans’ worth of ancient water may reside in minerals…