NASA's search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists published a paper detailing the Perseverance rover's investigation of a distinctive rock outcrop called ...
Astrobiology
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Planetary scientists believe they can now predict the green glow of an aurora in the night sky above Mars, and they have the images to prove it.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 10, 2025
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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has completed a mission study detailing how a proposed spacecraft could fly by an interstellar comet, providing remarkable insights into the properties of bodies originating beyond our ...
Space Exploration
Sep 3, 2025
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People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe that some of the moons in our solar system—like Jupiter's Europa ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 21, 2025
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A new study led by University of Houston researchers, in collaboration with planetary scientists worldwide, suggests Uranus does have its own internal heat—an advance that not only informs NASA's future missions but also ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 14, 2025
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Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unraveling Earth's 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 10, 2025
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Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?
Planetary Sciences
Jul 5, 2025
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What processes during the formation of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially led to it having cryovolcanism, and even an internal ocean? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...
Planetary Sciences
Jun 27, 2025
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A small, multi-institutional team of climate scientists has found evidence that human-caused impacts on the stratosphere began earlier than previously thought. In their study, published in the Proceedings of the National ...
People always want to know what will happen to Earth when the sun eventually swells up as a red giant. For one thing, the expanding sun will turn the inner planets into cinders. It will almost certainly spell the end of life ...
Planetary Sciences
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