Tag: planetary science
I found a new meteor shower, and it comes from an...
Patrick M. Shober, NASA
Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of...
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon...
Margaret Landis, Arizona State University
Almost as tall as a football field, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and capsule...
Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting...
Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College
After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or...
Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth...
Scott Saleska, University of Arizona; Chris Impey, University of Arizona, and Ghiwa Makke, University of Arizona
From a distance,...
Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains...
Amy J. Williams, University of Florida
As the Perseverance rover traversed an ancient river valley in Mars’ Jezero Crater...
Uncertainty at NASA − Trump withdraws his nominee for administrator while...
Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University
Over the past several days, NASA’s ambitious space exploration plans have experienced major setbacks....
A decade after the release of ‘The Martian’ and a decade...
Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College
Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian” predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans...
EXPLORING NATURE
Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support
William Garriott, Drake University
Thousands of Americans will soon gather to celebrate April 20 – or “4/20” – the...
