The electrifying science behind Martian dust

Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

Mars Isn’t Just Red – It’s Electrically Alive, Scientists Reveal

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

Comets, asteroids, and planets: The likely origins of Earth’s water

Choose your fighter for the origin of water on Earth! Was it always here or did it come to this planet from somewhere else in ...
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A decade after the release of ‘The Martian’ and a decade out from the world it envisions, a planetary scientist checks in on real-life Mars exploration

Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian” predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with the China National ...

This asteroid is spilling secrets about the origin of life on Earth

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...
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Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes – a planetary scientist explains new research

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites – ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth’s atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...
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Super-low density worlds reveal how common planetary systems form

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...
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Don’t lose sleep over asteroid impact odds: Planetary scientist

The odds will change as the asteroid approaches Earth Scientists constantly updating predictions with new data Even if it hits Earth, the asteroid would not end civilization The odds will change as ...