As thunderstorm updrafts strengthen, electrification of clouds can heat the lower ionosphere, explaining prolonged disturbances to radio waves in the rarefied atmospheric layer.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Close-up images of Ryugu, a near-Earth asteroid and the target of the Hayabusa2 sample return mission, reveal a rocky, dustless world that may have formed from a giant collision.Read More »Planetary Sciences
Can a star make planets with 10% of what the Sun had to work with? A synergy between two powerhouse survey telescopes is helping astronomers find that answer.Read More »Space Science & Space Physics
Studying shock precursors in a laboratory setting enables researchers to take a different look at the precursors’ properties and the physics behind them.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
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
