Controversy leads to a better understanding of carbon cycling through a massive pool of organic matter dissolved in the Earth's oceans.Read More »Planetary Sciences
The Kepler space telescope spots a planet in a solar system 1400 light years away that closely resembles Earth in its size, distance from its star, and the type of star it orbits. Read More »Planetary Sciences
When the New Horizons spacecraft photographed Pluto last week, it snapped the most revealing images yet of two little-known moons of the dwarf planet.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Successful flyby of Pluto completes the first era of planetary reconnaissance, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Seven resolutions by the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics call for increased scientific contributions in areas ranging from environmental threats to energy resources to satellite systems.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Modest ground motion for such a big quake and some prior training in earthquake preparedness averted worse death and destruction, earthquake scientists say.Read More »
