The anatomy of a planet
ETH researchers analyse marsquakesCredit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Since early 2019, researchers have been recording and analysing marsquakes as part of ...
Tag: Planets/Moons
Mini radar could find water and habitable tunnels on the Moon or Mars
A miniature radar device that scans deep below ground is being developed to identify ice deposits and even hollowed out ...
Spotted: An exoplanet with the potential to form moons
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Benisty et al. Cambridge, MA ¬- Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have helped ...
The weather forecast for Venus
Space-based infrared imaging reveals the nighttime weather on VenusCredit: © 2021 JAXA/Imamura et al. Little is known about the weather ...
Astrophysicist outlines plans for the gravitational wave observatory on the moon
Credit: Karan Jani THE IDEA Vanderbilt astrophysicist Karan Jani has led a series of studies that make the first case ...
From the Sun to the stars
A journey of exoplanet discovery begins as Penn State's NEID spectrometer starts its scientific missionCredit: Dani Zemba, Guðmundur Stefánsson, and ...
RAS launches new multi-disciplinary journal
Credit: J. Tennyson The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is pleased to announce the launch of its first new journal in ...
Researchers reveal cause of Jupiter’s x-ray aurorae
Credit: YAO Zhonghua's group An international research team led by YAO Zhonghua from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of ...
A star in a distant galaxy blew up in a powerful explosion, solving an astronomical mystery
Giant explosion in space illuminates thousand-year mysteryCredit: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale; Las Cumbres Observatory Dr. Iair Arcavi, a Tel Aviv University researcher ...
Physicists describe sun’s electric field
Credit: Jasper Halekas lab, University of Iowa As the Parker Solar Probe ventures closer to the sun, we are learning ...
SwRI’s Bolton receives NSS Space Pioneer Award
National Space Society recognizes accomplishments in opening the space frontierCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- July 12, 2021 -- ...
Methane in the plumes of Saturn’s moon Enceladus: Possible signs of life?
A study published in Nature Astronomy concludes that known geochemical processes can't explain the levels of methane measured by the ...
Unique exoplanet photobombs CHEOPS study of nearby star system
Credit: © ESA Photobombs - when something or someone unexpectedly enters a camera's field of sight during the taking of ...
CHEOPS unexpectedly detects a unique exoplanet
Credit: ESA The exoplanet satellite hunter CHEOPS of the European Space Agency (ESA), in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de ...
Setting gold and platinum standards where few have gone before
Extreme pressure at Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national labsCredit: Photo by Leo Molina ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Like two superheroes finally ...
WVU advances collaborative research with renewal of NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center
The University is part of a team recently awarded a $17 million grant from the National Science FoundationCredit: Submitted photo ...
Nightside radio could help reveal exoplanet details
Rice team enhances models that will detect magnetospheres in distant solar systemsCredit: Anthony Sciola/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 22, 2021) ...
Researchers trace dust grain’s journey through newborn solar system
Combining atomic-scale sample analysis and models simulating likely conditions in the nascent solar system, the study revealed clues about the ...
Crustal block tectonics offer clues to Venus’ geology, study finds
New study that includes contributions by Baylor planetary geophysicist Peter James, identifies previously unrecognized pattern of tectonic deformation on VenusCredit: ...
Scientists detect signatures of life remotely
Credit: Courtesy of Lucas Patty Left hands and right hands are almost perfect mirror images of each other. But whatever ...
