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Noah Planavsky examines sedimentary rocks (diamictite) in Northern Norway that were deposited in the aftermath of one of the widespread 'Snowball Earth' glacial events.
Noah Planavsky Selected for the 2018 F. W. Clarke AwardMarch 2, 2018
Ancient Noachian rocks on Mars are mapped in light gray with valley networks colored in blue tones and surface clays marked in yellow.
Clay Formation Study Leads to New Model for Early Martian ClimateMarch 2, 2018
Discovery image of the exoplanet 51 Eridani b taken in the near-infrared light with the Gemini Planet Imager on Dec. 21, 2014. The bright central star has been mostly removed to enable the detection of the million-times fainter planet.
The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet SurveyFeb. 28, 2018
This mosaic of images from the Surface Stereo Imager camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows several trenches dug by Phoenix, plus a corner of the spacecraft's deck.
Sample Collection is HardFeb. 27, 2018
Participants at the third annual meeting of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) Origins Network (EON).
Third Meeting of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) Origins Network (EON)Feb. 26, 2018
A star emerges from its natal cloud of gas and dust in this tantalizing portrait of RY Tauri, a small stellar nursery at the edge of the Taurus molecular cloud.
Disk Masses from ALMA Continuum ObservationsFeb. 26, 2018
"Fresh monomers were fed to the polymer/monomer mixture periodically by an automated “day–night machine” that was designed to simulate wet–dry cycles that would have been common on the prebiotic Earth."
Making Polymers in a Day-Night MachineFeb. 23, 2018
Blue, but deadly: the gas giant exoplanet HD 189733b, which is superhot and likely has rains of glass.
National Academy Call for White Papers: Exoplanet Science StrategyFeb. 22, 2018
Aurora borealis image that a member of the Expedition 53 crew took on Sept. 15, 2017, from the International Space Station. These lights were seen over Canada while the station was near the highest point of its orbital path.
The Northern Lights, the Magnetic Field and LifeFeb. 22, 2018
The Antarctica Search for Transiting Extrasolar Planets (ASTEP) at Concordia station in Antarctica.
Observing the Planet β Pictoris bFeb. 21, 2018
The primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope during assembly in a clean room at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
The Transit Light Source EffectFeb. 19, 2018
Saturn's third-largest moon Dione can be seen through the haze of its largest moon, Titan, in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Does Titan’s Hydrocarbon Soup Hold A Recipe For Life?Feb. 16, 2018
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