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Planetary Sciences

News 23 January 2020

Dust Older Than the Sun Sheds Light on Galactic History

A small pile of dust grains older than the Sun brings new evidence about the rate at which stars are born in the Milky Way.

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Biogeosciences

News 21 January 2020

Even Tardigrades Will Feel the Heat of Climate Change

Hardy tardigrades are much more vulnerable to heat than cold, but they show some signs that they could adapt over time.

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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology

News 14 January 2020

Taal Eruption and Ashfall Continue; Thousands Still at Risk

The Philippines’ volcanology institute warns that a hazardous eruption of Taal is imminent. In the past, Taal’s eruptions have lasted months and even years.

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Geology & Geophysics

News 9 January 2020

Rare Earthquake Swarm Strikes Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico hasn’t seen this many strong quakes in a single sequence since seismic monitoring began 46 years ago. The last earthquake to damage the island this badly occurred in 1918.

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Planetary Sciences

News 7 January 2020

The Ice Giant Spacecraft of Our Dreams

Scientists imagined some innovative technologies that could enhance a future mission to Uranus or Neptune.

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Science Policy & Funding

News 7 January 2020

Body-Based Jargon Can Be Harassment When It Turns Sexual

Geology terms based on the human body are extremely common, but they can create a culture where sexualized language in the workplace, a type of harassment, is rampant.

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Biogeosciences

News 12 December 2019

Hurricanes Hit Puerto Rico’s Mangroves Harder Than Florida’s

The scale and pattern of damage to the Puerto Rican forests suggest a complex interplay between wind, land, and sea.

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Planetary Sciences

News 12 December 2019

Location, Location, Location: The How-to’s of Asteroid Sampling

Finding the right spot to grab a sample of Bennu was more of a challenge than the OSIRIS-REx team had originally planned.

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Planetary Sciences

Feature 11 December 2019

A Modern Manual for Marsquake Monitoring

Thanks to some extraordinary engineering, the InSight mission has led the new field of Martian seismology to the development of a new planetary magnitude scale in less than a year.

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Education

News 11 December 2019

Keeping Indigenous Science Knowledge out of a Colonial Mold

A new working model could help scientists design and facilitate research that adheres to both scientific and cultural ethics standards when working with indigenous knowledge about climate and the environment.

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