The soon-to-end NASA mission to Saturn changed the way we think of habitability beyond Earth, opened our eyes to dynamics in the gas giant’s atmosphere, and more.Read More »
Modeling Earth’s near-space environment and its electrical currents is challenging. A new study compares how four different models stack up against observations.Read More »Atmospheric Sciences
After geomagnetic storms, Earth’s corona abruptly increases in hydrogen density. For the first time, serendipitous observations have allowed researchers to investigate why.Read More »Planetary Sciences
NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) Lunar Volatiles Workshop; Laurel, Maryland, 15–17 November 2016Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Nearly 90 percent of respondents report hearing remarks that were racist or sexist or that disparaged someone’s femininity, masculinity, or physical or mental abilities in the last five years.Read More »Planetary Sciences
A plume of water ice that escapes Saturn’s moon Enceladus should be coursing with electrical currents, but data are mixed. Now simulations suggest that a sticky dust cloud may shield signals.Read More »Mathematical Geophysics
Models of Neptune’s moon Triton reveal curious behavior in how tidal forces and mass anomalies cause the poles to reorient their location.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Images from the rover’s pioneering encounter with sand dunes on Mars constrain wind speeds required to move sand in the thin Martian atmosphere.Read More »Planetary Sciences
