Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance
This section summarizes how we select and analyse social indicators with respect to minimum social standards in the…
“Very Strange” – Saturn’s Moon Titan Is Behaving Unusually
Purple haze around Titan – A false-color image of Titan captured in 2004 by the Cassini spacecraft. The…
Scientists Discover the Hidden Ingredient That Helped Form Earth’s Inner Core
Cartoon of the Earth with cutaway showing the mantle and inner and outer core. Magnetic field lines produced…
Europe plans to send life-searching probe to Saturn’s icy moon
The European Space Agency (ESA) has set its sights on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus by announcing a new…
NASA unlikely to bring Mars samples back to Earth before China does, experts say
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Help Map the Moon’s Molten Flows!
When asteroids hit the Moon, the impacts carve out craters and with enough energy and pressure, melt parts…
Webb Telescope Detects Gas on Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake for the First Time
An SwRI-led team used Webb telescope observations (white) to detect methane gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake.…
Ceres once habitable according to new NASA study
This image of Ceres approximates how the dwarf planet’s colors would appear to the eye. This view of…
Perseverance Rover Captures Elusive Martian Aurora for a Second Time
Scientists have captured visible-light images of auroras glowing green above Mars, thanks to NASA’s Perseverance rover. (Artist’s concept).…
Life on Earth May Be Thanks to a Lucky Planetary Collision
Artistic illustration of the early formation phase of the Solar System. At that time, the young Sun (in…
Mysterious “Soot Planets” May Be Hiding in Plain Sight Among the Stars
Artist’s depiction of a “soot planet” and its formation process. Credit: Ari Gea/SayoStudio Some planets may be soot-rich…
Earth-Like Planet GJ 1132 B Has No Atmosphere
Artist’s impression of exoplanet GJ 1132 b and its host M-dwarf star. Credit: Dana Berry, Skyworks Digital, CfA…