Sarah Port at NASA's Glenn Research Center conducted tests in extreme environments Venus is sometimes called Earth’s twin. It is the closest to Earth, and the two planets are similar in size and composition, yet they evolved along dramatically different…
Hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas was seen during Mars’ cold aphelion season, when none was expected; the detection is best explained by ongoing igneous processes in the Martian interior. A stunning view of Mars from the north pole to the equator.
Kingsport Times News KINGSPORT â Bays Mountain Park and Planetarium recently unveiled a new astronomy exhibit centered on how the world connects to the cosmos According to a recent release, the exhibit is located on the main floor of…
The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Solar, Stellar & Planetary Sciences (SSP) division research is directed toward understanding star and planet formation and the physical processes in the Sun, stars, planets, and stellar systems. Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Sciences The Center…
Astronomers have developed a new technique to identify small planets hidden in protoplanetary disks. Cambridge, MA – Astronomers agree that planets are born in protoplanetary disks — rings of dust and gas that surround young, newborn stars. While hundreds of these disks…
Everything you’ve ever seen or experienced on Earth was once a nebulous collection of floating gas and dust. Science is starting to understand how those particles came to take the forms you recognize today, teaching us about Earth’s primordial history…
The candidate orbits our Sun beyond Pluto, and may be among the largest and brightest objects discovered in this region of the solar system Cambridge, MA (October 27, 2026) -- Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have discovered 2026 ED138, a large, bright…
New analysis of James Webb Space Telescope observations points to a reflective cloudy sky on TOI-561 b A rocky lava planet once thought to be too extreme to have an atmosphere appears to be wrapped in one with a reflective…
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) – An orbiting atmospheric research spacecraft has detected the pungent gas hydrogen chloride above surface fissures along a massive ancient volcano on Mars in a finding that suggests Earth’s planetary neighbor is still volcanically active. In a discovery…
The Explorer Class introduces the extraordinary people who make possible some of NASA's, and humanity's, most ambitious and technically demanding missions. Caltech astronomer Dimitri Mawet reflects on how JPL helped turn his unconventional idea into a technology that could potentially…
Worlds near and far—atmospheres, habitability, and planetary formation.
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