BEYOND: Space Missions To Look Forward To In the 2020s
A brief summary of some of the major space missions that are planning to launch in the 2020s.
A Proposed Moon Formation Theory: The Multiple-Impact Hypothesis
Could the Moon have formed from multiple impacts? Find out in today’s guest post by Jacob Azoulay.
An EPIC view of the Earth as an exoplanet
In the search for habitable exoplanets, the authors of today’s paper turn their gaze to our own planet, and what we can learn from NASA’s DSCOVR:EPIC observations of Earth.
Cloudy with a Chance of Wind
A new look at Saturn’s windy weather.
The Tale of the Moon and the Earth
The Moon has kept the Earth at a stable orbital tilt for millions of years, preventing dramatic climate cycles and keeping the Earth habitable. But do we fully understand how it formed? Today’s bite provides clues as to how we ended up with our trusted companion.
Searching for Signs of Plate Tectonics in Polluted White Dwarfs
Astronomers hope to get lucky and discover the first evidence of plate tectonics on a planet besides Earth: remnants of continental crust in the rocky material that pollutes some white dwarfs.