News

  1. Planetary Science

    A Titan collision may link Saturn’s tilt, its moon Hyperion and its rings

    A new study proposes that a crash between Titan and another moon spawned Hyperion and, much later, destabilized Saturn’s inner moons into rings.

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  2. Climate

    Hundreds of studies have missed how much the oceans are rising

    A widely used method to calculate sea level rise may have missed up to a century of change, so the risks could hit home for millions sooner than thought.

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  3. Planetary Science

    A chemical ‘Goldilocks zone’ may limit which planets can host life

    Life needs nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. But without the right balance of oxygen, these elements get locked away in planets’ cores.