Cassini to begin final five orbits around Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will enter new territory in its final mission phase, the Grand Finale, as it prepares to embark on a set of ultra-close passes through Saturn's upper atmosphere with its final...
View ArticleDino-killing asteroid could have thrust Earth into 2 years of darkness
Tremendous amounts of soot, lofted into the air from global wildfires following a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago, would have plunged Earth into darkness for nearly two years, new research...
View ArticleThe moving Martian bow shock
As the energetic particles of the solar wind speed across interplanetary space, their motion is modified by objects in their path. A study, based on data from ESA's Mars Express orbiter, has thrown new...
View ArticleMost advanced space weather radar in the world to be built in the Arctic
The most advanced space weather radar in the world is to be built in the Arctic by an international partnership including the UK, thanks to new investment, in the region of £4 to £6m from NERC.
View ArticleStrength of global stratospheric circulation measured for first time
When commercial airplanes break through the clouds to reach cruising altitude, they have typically arrived in the stratosphere, the second layer of Earth's atmosphere. The air up there is dry and...
View ArticleVLT makes first detection of titanium oxide in an exoplanet
A team of astronomers led by Elyar Sedaghati, an ESO fellow and recent graduate of TU Berlin, has examined the atmosphere of the exoplanet [WASP-19b] in greater detail than ever before. This remarkable...
View ArticleScientists produce best estimate of Earth's composition
Scientists at ANU have produced the best estimate of Earth's elemental composition which will help them understand how the Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago.
View ArticleLarge solar storm sparks global aurora and doubles radiation levels on the...
An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars this month, observed by NASA missions in orbit and on the surface.
View ArticleStudy suggests hydrogen, oxygen, water and carbon dioxide generated in...
Research from the University of Texas at Arlington and the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology suggests that hydrogen, oxygen, water and carbon dioxide are being generated in the earth's mantle...
View ArticleAncient asteroid impact exposes the moon's interior
Scientists have long assumed that all the planets in our solar system look the same beneath the surface, but a study published in Geology on Oct. 4 tells a different story.
View ArticleICON satellite explores the boundary between Earth and space
On Dec. 8, 2017, NASA launches the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, a low-Earth orbiting satellite that will give us new information about how Earth's atmosphere interacts with near-Earth...
View ArticleFossil unearthed in France identified as a new vegetarian member of...
A team of researchers with members affiliated with several institutions in Belgium and France has identified the fossilized remains of a dinosaur from approximately 84 to 72 million years ago. In their...
View ArticleImage: Solar surface from hot to hottest
This sequence of images shows the Sun from its surface to its upper atmosphere all taken at about the same time on Oct. 27, 2017. The first shows the surface of the Sun in filtered white light; the...
View ArticleAtmospheric beacons guide NASA scientists in search for life
Some exoplanets shine brighter than others in the search for life beyond the solar system. New NASA research proposes a novel approach to sniffing out exoplanet atmospheres. It takes advantage of...
View ArticleImage: Vega launches Earth observation satellite for Morocco
Arianespace has launched a Vega rocket to deliver an Earth observation satellite into orbit for the Kingdom of Morocco.
View ArticleHeavy nitrogen molecules reveal planetary-scale tug-of-war
Nature whispers its stories in a faint molecular language, and Rice University scientist Laurence Yeung and colleagues can finally tell one of those stories this week, thanks to a one-of-a-kind...
View ArticleNASA's TSIS-1 keeps an eye on sun's power over ozone
High in the atmosphere, above weather systems, is a layer of ozone gas. Ozone is Earth's natural sunscreen, absorbing the sun's most harmful ultraviolet radiation and protecting living things below....
View ArticleScientists discover an Upper Paleolithic cave painting of a camel in the Ural...
An ancient image of a two-humped camel has been discovered in the Kapova cave (Southern Urals). The age of the painting is preliminarily estimated to be between 14,500 and 37,700 years, a time when...
View ArticleGeophysicists uncover new evidence for an alternative style of plate tectonics
When renowned University of Toronto (U of T) geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson cemented concepts in the emerging field of plate tectonics in the 1960s, he revolutionized the study of Earth's physical...
View ArticleExoplanet has smothering stratosphere without water
A NASA-led team has found evidence that the oversized exoplanet WASP-18b is wrapped in a smothering stratosphere loaded with carbon monoxide and devoid of water. The findings come from a new analysis...
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