- A Dusty, Cloudy ExoPlanet : September 1 2010
Astronomers have measured the temperature of a young gas-giant planet and found that its atmosphere is unlike that of any previously studied extrasolar planet. Such observations help astrobiologists u - Tracing the Martian Atmosphere : August 31 2010
One of the instruments on a 2016 mission to orbit Mars will provide daily maps of global, pole-to-pole, vertical distributions of the temperature, dust, water vapor and ice clouds in the Martian atmo - The Atlantic and Pacific Climate Connection : August 30 2010
Researchers are discovering new ways in which the Earth s oceans have influenced global climate. At the end of the last ice age, north Atlantic ice sheets melted, added fresh water and caused the coll - Asteroids Live in Their Own Little Worlds : August 29 2010
A new study shows that asteroids are constantly changing little worlds that can give birth to smaller asteroids. Studying asteroids is important because asteroid impacts could have played an importa - A Strange Solar Flare Connection : August 28 2010
When researchers found an unusual linkage between solar flares and the inner life of radioactive elements on Earth, it touched off a scientific detective investigation that could end up protecting the - Kepler s Transit Trio : August 27 2010
Astronomers have discovered two Saturn-sized planets and one likely Earth-sized planet transiting the star Kepler 9 . It is the first confirmed system with more than one planet transiting the same st - Seven-Planet System Discovered : August 26 2010
Astronomers have discovered a distant solar system containing up to seven planets orbiting a Sun-like star. One of the planets may have the lowest mass of any extrasolar planet discovered thus far. Th - Planets Pulverized in Double-Star Systems : August 25 2010
A new study using data from the Spitzer Space Telescope has shown that double-star systems may not be good places to search for life. A large amount of dust in three systems with close-orbiting stars - A New Way to Weigh Planets : August 24 2010
Researchers have come up with a new way to weigh the planets in our solar system using radio signals from pulsars. A better understanding of the conditions present in our solar system will ultimately - Engineering the Skies : August 23 2010
If we could make one change to stave off climate change, what would it be? One scientist believes that getting rid of black soot is the answer. Other research shows that fighting climate change with g - The Redox Revolution : August 22 2010
Geologists studying the environment of the early Earth face many difficulties in interpreting the data they gather. One scientist believes denser sampling and more judicious reading of rock samples - The Incredibly Shrinking Moon : August 21 2010
Cliffs in the lunar crust indicate the Moon shrank globally in the geologically recent past and might still be shrinking today. Studying the Moon is important to astrobiologists because lunar history - The Mother of All Humans : August 20 2010
Scientists have performed the most robust statistical examination to date of our genetic links to the maternal ancestor of all living humans. The study could help scientists understand the history of - Mud Volcanoes on Mars : August 19 2010
Spewing out material from deep underground, geological structures on Mars thought to be mud volcanoes could give scientists the clues they need to determine if life exists, or ever existed, on the Red
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