Martian dust devils are fleeting, but the footprints they leave behind can endure for months. Now, researchers have used those tracks to learn about the whirlwinds and potentially guide future
Martian dust devils are fleeting, but the footprints they leave behind can endure for months. Now, researchers have used those tracks to learn about the whirlwinds and potentially guide future
Astronomers have discovered a massive new solar system body located beyond the orbit of Pluto. The weird elongated orbit of the object suggests that if “Planet Nine” exists, it is
Artist’s illustration of a Jupiter-sized planet closely orbiting a faint red star. — NASA A baby planet is shrinking from the size of Jupiter with a thick atmosphere to a
Conceptualization of Nankoweap landslide that brought down large boulders of Kaibab Limestone from the cliffs at left and created a geologically short-lived paleolake in Grand Canyon. Credit Karl Karlstrom Geology
Schematic depiction of a bow shock flow. Meteoroid entry results in the bow shock wave (red line). The box illustrates stream lines around the object. Heated medium due to the
For simulated transit observations, the GlobES app performs RT calculations across the terminator and integrates the different spectra employing equal weights. For direct imaging and secondary eclipse simulations, the algorithm
Family portrait of the five planets in the L 98-59 system showing their transit (or absence of transit) observed by TESS in the top panels and their Doppler signature from
Core 1494Da Hemoglycin, ball and stick model. Atom labels: Hydrogen white, Carbon black, Nitrogen blue, Oxygen red, Iron green. — physics.chem-ph The empty, extensive low-density lattice topology of hemoglycin is
Astrochemistry Status Report astro-ph.EP July 16, 2025 The final solid surface density of various elements in disks around 1 M⊙ stars. Select elements are shown using three different units and
On Wednesday (July 16), the largest Mars meteorite on Earth was auctioned off at Sotheby’s in New York City for $4.3 million. The jagged, 54-pound (25-kilogram) chunk of the Red