Rainfall in the driest parts of Chile’s Atacama Desert in 2017 resulted in hypersaline lagoons that killed the majority of microbes adapted to millions of years of arid conditions.Read More »Planetary Sciences
New findings about where Earth got its water could give scientists important insights about the development of other planets and their potential to support life.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Six ongoing and future missions explore the variety of asteroids in the solar system, seeking to uncover what makes each of them special.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Young Girl Scouts can be explorers, adventurers, and investigators as they work toward badges that teach them about the Sun, the solar system, and the stars.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Some pools of salty water on the Red Planet could contain enough dissolved oxygen for microorganisms and sponges to survive, new calculations suggest.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Conditions are right for “penitentes” up to 15 meters high to form on the Jovian moon, new research shows. The spires might prevent a lander from exploring Europa’s equatorial region.Read More »Planetary Sciences
BepiColombo may launch as early as this weekend. It seeks to unravel the mysteries of Mercury’s geologic and magnetic past and map the small planet’s cratered surface.Read More »Planetary Sciences
The second phase of Curiosity’s campaign at the Bagnold Dunes brought new observations of windblown sands during Mars’s windy season. Read More »Planetary Sciences
New research from Cassini’s Grand Finale, published in Geophysical Research Letters and Science, boosts our understanding of Saturn and its rings.Read More »
