Space
- Planetary Science
Highlights from the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, March 19-23
Geologic activity and weather on Saturnian moons, and studies in Greenland to learn about Mars.
By Science News - Space
Vesta seems more planet than asteroid
Spacecraft explorations reveal a layered, beat-up celestial body.
By Nadia Drake - Space
Smallest planet yields big surprises
Spacecraft images reveal Mercury has a complicated inside and an active geologic past.
By Nadia Drake - Humans
Proposed cuts in planetary science take center stage
NASA officials endure slings and arrows of outraged researchers.
By Nadia Drake - Space
Titan’s haze is dropping
Change in elevation of cloudy layer suggests seasonal cycles on Saturn’s moon.
By Nadia Drake - Space
Ancient impact may explain moon’s magnetic mystery
Anomalies near crater suggest scattering of iron-rich debris.
By Nadia Drake - Space
Galactic smashup leaves dark matter debris
Find in ‘train wreck’ cluster forces astronomers to re-think theories about relationship between mysterious dark matter and galaxies.
By Nadia Drake - Physics
Water not so squishy under pressure
In planets' cores, molecules may not compress tightly.
By Nadia Drake - Space
Aura of life captured in Earthshine
Light from Earth reflected off the moon contains the kind of information that could prove useful in the characterization of faraway exoplanets.
By Nadia Drake - Physics
Loose cable blamed for speedy neutrinos
In uncovering a technical flaw, physicists now know why an experimental result that couldn’t have been true wasn’t.
By Devin Powell - Astronomy
Distant planet an exotic water-world
Orb is unlike anything in the solar system.
By Nadia Drake -