Planetary Science & Exoplanets

3+ hour, 16+ min ago   (249+ words) Pasadena (California), September 23: Mars is like a giant ice-lollipop packed with vast quantities of frozen water — and it might even possess more water than earth, according to U.S. scientists. Viking project scientists here said the martian north polar cap had…...

10+ hour, 6+ min ago   (117+ words) 102.7 KIIS-FM For the first time, scientists have detected radio signals coming directly from a planet outside our solar system. Using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope array, an international team observed short, repeating bursts of radio waves from Beta Pictoris b,…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago   (368+ words) Labroots Moon's Far Side Anomaly Hints at Past Magnetic Core Did the Moon have a magnetic field long ago just like Earth does today? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team…...

9+ hour, 55+ min ago   (363+ words) Scientists Detect Radio Signals From An Exoplanet For The First Time Ever Newsradio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM For the first time, scientists have detected radio signals coming directly from a planet outside our solar system. Using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago   (274+ words) NASA "Inspiration Tour" stopped at the University of Arizona on Wednesday morning to celebrate the nation's strengths in space exploration and aeronautics. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman participated in a town hall-style Q & A, answering questions from high school and college…...

9+ hour, 6+ min ago   (356+ words) Perseverance Reveals Complex History of Water in Jezero Labroots Perseverance Reveals Complex History of Water in Jezero When did water flow on the surface of Mars? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address…...

9+ hour, 11+ min ago   (663+ words) miragenews.com The question to whether the Moon ever possessed an internal magnetic field is a matter of debate. Now, researchers at ETH Zurich have opted for a new method to show that a mechanism once existed on the Moon…...

6+ hour, 38+ min ago   (608+ words) image: The asteroid Bennu, seen from 24 kilometres. view more The asteroid Bennu orbits the Sun once every 1.2 years and approaches Earth every six years, passing within around 300,000 kilometres. NASA took advantage of this to collect material from the celestial body....

8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (250+ words) An international team of astronomers using South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope array detected variable radio bursts coming directly from Beta Pictoris b, a massive gas giant exoplanet located roughly 63 lightyears from Earth. Researchers confirmed the radio emissions originated from the…...

13+ hour, 41+ min ago   (1033+ words) For most kindergartners, a book filled with maps might not be the most exciting present. For Justin Hom, it was the beginning of a lifelong interest. “The opportunity to take some of these math and science classes really helped set…...