Remembered as a pioneering atmospheric scientist who bridged planetary science, climate policy, and undergraduate education, ...
For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This ...
NEW ORLEANS — A proposal by the Trump administration to dismantle a leading atmospheric science center would also have implications for space science. The White House announced Dec. 16 it would direct ...
A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...
The Earth channels cosmic power in the form of solar energy. The coming winter superstorm shows just what havoc that power ...
Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...
In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.
A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth’s history could have delivered ...
For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...
A pull in the right direction ...
The craters bear the names of astronomers who revolutionized our understanding of the night sky.
Webb data explains how heat-formed crystal minerals end up in icy comets by tracking their journey around a young, actively forming star.