Researchers report evidence that Mercury’s inner core is indeed solid and that it is very nearly the same size as Earth’s solid inner core.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Laboratory experiments that indicate rock particles can impede sliding along grain boundaries in ice may help researchers more accurately determine the composition of planetary ice masses.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Seismic activity during the eruption of Kīlauea damaged the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory beyond repair. Now officials are looking for a new site.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Beresheet will be the first privately developed craft to attempt a soft landing on the Moon. The landing will be broadcast live.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Mars’s aqueous past holds the answers to many questions about the Red Planet. A new study provides a tool for scouring planetary surfaces for ancient shorelines.Read More »Biogeosciences
Sediments from the Curiosity rover and experiments using tanks of gas and laser beams helped reveal how water continued to flow on Mars after the planet lost its atmospheric carbon dioxide.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
The radar aboard the Mars Express spacecraft can generate ion beams arcing through space above the planet, which could lead to a new way of studying the plasma surrounding it.Read More »Planetary Sciences
