NASA has always made it a point to encourage us citizen scientists to lend them a hand. Right now, they could really use your help protecting Earth against waves of punishing, disruptive solar winds.
New research by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric ...
Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...
Astronomers have puzzled for years over a strange pattern in the outer solar system. A surprising number of icy bodies far beyond Neptune resemble snowmen, made of two rounded lobes stuck together.
"This is a crucial step towards characterizing giant planets beyond our solar system." ...
Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University ...