When Earth iced over, early life may have sheltered in meltwater ponds
Modern-day analogs in Antarctica reveal ponds teeming with life similar to early multicellular organisms.
Modern-day analogs in Antarctica reveal ponds teeming with life similar to early multicellular organisms.
A large impact could have briefly amplified the moon’s weak magnetic field, creating a momentary spike that was recorded in some lunar rocks.
Led by Assistant Professor Richard Teague, a team of international astronomers has released a collection of papers and public data furthering our understanding of planet formation.
The small and rocky lava world sheds an amount of material equivalent to the mass of Mount Everest every 30.5 hours.
The fellowship supports research contributing to the field of planetary science and astronomy.
Increasing greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the atmosphere’s ability to burn up old space junk, MIT scientists report.
Data from the devices will help future astronauts navigate the moon’s south polar region and search for frozen water.
MIT oceanographer and biogeochemist Andrew Babbin has voyaged around the globe to investigate marine microbes and their influence on ocean health.
The team’s detection method, which identified 138 space rocks ranging from bus- to stadium-sized, could aid in tracking potential asteroid impactors.
New study proposes that some of the minerals seen on Mars today may have formed in liquid CO2 instead of water.
A weak magnetic field likely pulled matter inward to form the outer planetary bodies, from Jupiter to Neptune.
The discovery of pyrene derivatives in a distant interstellar cloud may help to reveal how our own solar system formed.
MIT Research Scientist Jason Soderblom describes how the NASA mission will study the geology and composition of the surface of Jupiter’s water-rich moon and assess its astrobiological potential.
The Plasma Science Experiment aboard NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft turns off after 47 years and 15 billion miles.
A new study shows Mars’ early thick atmosphere could be locked up in the planet’s clay surface.