Pesquet is a national icon in France for his missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Europe has embarked on the mission to put humans back on the moon with…
Category: Planetary Science
Scientists create model of holographic dark energy that is no longer unstable
The map of the relic microwave radiation is the “date” of the expansion of the universe. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. In 1998, scientists discovered that our universe expands with acceleration, and…
Rock fossils hint at Mars’s ancient climate
Paleo-megaripples – as seen in Mars’ Terra Sirenum by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment – have consistent crest wavelengths, numerous fractures and craters, and can be partially covered by ancient…
What happens to the climate when Earth passes through interstellar clouds?
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, dominated in the center of this view by the brilliant Flame nebula (NGC 2024). The smaller, glowing cavity falling between the Flame nebula and the Horsehead…
Citizen science collaboration yields precise data on exoplanet WASP-77 A b
Artists Concept of the WASP-77 A b system. Credit: NASA Exoplanet Catalog A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits,…
Exoplanets could be hiding their atmospheres
Illustration of the tidally locked world TRAPPIST-1f. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered orbit red dwarf stars. This isn’t because red dwarfs are somehow special, simply that they…
Hubble lights the way with new multiwavelength view of galaxy NGC 1559
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy NGC 1559. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Belfiore, W. Yuan, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team, A. Riess, K.…
Life might thrive on the surface of Earth for an extra billion years
This schematic shows the relationship between the different physical and chemical processes that make up the carbonate-silicate cycle. In the upper panel, the specific processes are identified, and in the…
