Editor's note: This release was updated on Sept. 30, 2026, to correct the name of the DISCO payload.

Pyroclastic density currents from large explosive eruptions can generate expansive ignimbrite deposits with planar, low-angle surfaces. We demonstrate the utility of these surfaces for constraining pr...

The Multiscale Physics of Clouds Across Planetary Atmospheres collaboration, funded by the Simons Foundation, is seeking 8 postdoctoral researchers to develop new approaches to understanding clouds ac...

Location: Anak Krakatau, Indonesia Situation: Anak Krakatau, literally “child of Krakatau” has had some large explosive eruptions over the past week including ash plumes that reached ~5…

SpaceX and other companies want to put millions of satellites into space. Could orbit run out of room?

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When a meteorite tore through a New Jersey home, the homeowner quickly preserved the fragments. Now, they're giving scientists a look at Earth's early history.

Joël Lapointe, stumbled upon what he thought looked like a suspicious pit in Quebec's Côte-Nord region while he was wandering with his Google Maps cursor in 2024. But it turned out to be a 390-million...

The story of spaceflight told through missions and programs that did not happen - that is, the great majority of them.

Empirical Evaluation of S-band Radar Polarimetric Response to Surface Rock Abundance across the Lunar Highlands and Maria, Rivera-Valentín, Edgard G., Fassett, Caleb I., Virkki, Anne K., Pérez-Cortés, Santa L., Powell, Tyler, Hickson, Dylan C., Nolan, Michael C., Patterson, G. Wesley

Black in Astro, co-led by an astronomy postdoc at UC Santa Cruz, welcomes all to join the grassroots organization’s virtual conference to find inspiration and connection in a vibrant global community

The 58th meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) will be held 25-30 October in Spokane, Washington.

Polygonal impact craters (PICs), impact craters with straight rim segments that give them a polygonal shape in map view, are widely interpreted to for…

Scientists have identified at least seven carbon-rich molecules that NASA's Curiosity rover detected on Mars, and they're more complex than any found before.

Abstract. Progress in better understanding and modeling Earth surface systems requires an ongoing integration of data and numerical models. Advances are currently hampered by technical barriers that i...

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IPAC at Caltech partners with NASA, NSF, JPL and the world-wide research community to advance exploration of our Universe.

Taking advantage of a "natural laboratory" in Iceland, a research team from the University of Arizona studied how microbes colonize fresh lava flows as soon as they cooled.