Directional differences in craters’ optical properties suggest that the solar wind, not tiny meteorites, is the main driver of space weathering on the Moon.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Ceres' crust as we see it today, with its mixture of ice, salts and hydrated materials, represents most of the dwarf planet's ancient ocean, scientists sayRead More »Planetary Sciences
Humanity’s reach has extended from the surface of Earth to the very edge of our solar system, even to exoplanets far into space. What’s next in our journey into the unknown?Read More »
Observation of a solar eruption by multiple spacecraft triggered one of the largest collaborative efforts to trace the journey of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection to the outer reaches of the solar system.Read More »Planetary Sciences
The discovery of vinyl cyanide in the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan has huge implications for life—but not as we know it.Read More »Planetary Sciences
NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) Lunar Volatiles Workshop; Laurel, Maryland, 15–17 November 2016Read More »Planetary Sciences