His vision and persistence created a 1.4-billion-pixel map of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor—a crucial tool in research on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and a completely new standard for bathymetry maps. Read More »Planetary Sciences
A planet 3 times as large as the Earth was detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite in a relatively leisurely orbit—the longest yet detected by this telescope—of 36 days.Read More »Biogeosciences
Growing plants near building air vents may help them grow better, while reducing the carbon emissions from the people exhaling inside.Read More »Planetary Sciences
By averaging satellite images of the Earth down to a single pixel, researchers trace how the planet’s mean color varies over time, results that inform observations of distant exoplanets.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
Every time snow or rain falls, it brings with it microbes from high in the atmosphere. Could those microbes have a seasonal signal, just like the plants on the land below?Read More »Biogeosciences
The mission aims to explore this relatively unstudied hemisphere and learn about its age, composition, and geologic history.Read More »Planetary Sciences
The Senate’s confirmation of Kelvin Droegemeier to head the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is a win for the science community. But will Trump take his advice?Read More »Education
