Once thought to be part of the same population, planets larger than Jupiter and “failed stars” likely grow via different mechanisms, the Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey has shown.Read More »Planetary Sciences
New research suggests that the surface of Venus is busy, but it may take new missions to our “sibling” planet to confirm this.Read More »Mathematical Geophysics
In the most detailed and highest-resolution black hole simulation to date, an international team of researchers showed the Bardeen-Petterson effect for the first time.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Hubble Space Telescope observations suggest that sodium chloride exists in young, geologically active regions on Europa, likely fed by upwelling from the moon’s subsurface ocean.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Green-line arc is found to be embedded within large-scale upward field aligned currents while red-line-only arc is found to be associated with low-energy precipitation bursts.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Once and future rings: During its final 22 orbits, the Cassini spacecraft provided a completely new look at one of our solar system’s most famous features.Read More »
Instead of throwing them in the trash, millions donated their slightly used eclipse glasses so that others around the world could share the experience.Read More »
