In the tightly confined region between the innermost ring and the planet’s upper atmosphere, the Cassini spacecraft observed signatures of a previously undetected current system.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Lunar samples reveal that the Sun spun relatively slowly in its first billion years and blasted the Earth and Moon with coronal mass ejections.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Since the 1970s, no surface platform had made meteorological measurements of a global dust storm on Mars, but last summer NASA's Curiosity rover witnessed one of these rare events.Read More »Education
With women still underrepresented in STEM fields, experts hope that new Girl Scout badges and other efforts will propel girls to study and enter science and related areas.Read More »Planetary Sciences
