24 June 2019
Unusually high methane spike detected by Curiosity
...in the same breath as the word life when talked about in planetary science circles, but organic to a scientist just means that a molecule ... of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Curiosity rover science team. That would suggest then that something around...
23 August 2019
Energetic eruption helps astronomers peer deep within Jupiter's atmosphere
... and ammonia-poor air sinking down (belts).” “The present results show superbly what can be achieved in planetary science when an object is studied with various observatories and at various wavelengths”. Explains Eric Villard, an ALMA astronomer part...
18 June 2020
Countdown to NASA’s new Mars rover launch
... some reassurance. “It’ll be interesting to watch as China attempts this as well,” said Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division. China’s Tianwen-1 mission this summer includes a rover, while the United Arab Emirates is preparing...
12 May 2021
Scientists discover liquid water inside a meteorite
... within a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite from the early history of the solar system is an important achievement for planetary science Tsuchiyama proudly notes. “This achievement shows that our team could detect a tiny fluid trapped in a mineral...
01 October 2019
Space Exploration: past, present & future
... with mini-encyclopaedic chapters on spacefarers, agencies and institutes. There is coverage of both private industry and planetary science and a look towards the future of scientific research and manned space exploration – so, something for everyone...
15 April 2016
Shifting ice on Europa could be warmer than anticipated
...those surface dynamics seen on Europa. So McCarthy, along with Reid Cooper, professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Brown, loaded ice samples into a compression apparatus to try to understand this process better. Their experiments...
