While the scientific fields of planetary geology and archaeology don’t initially seem like a natural pairing, their unique methodological and technological overlap provides scientists with a better ...

Ceres and Vesta, two of the largest bodies in the asteroid belt, offer contrasting yet complementary geological records that illuminate early Solar System processes. Ceres exhibits a diverse landscape ...

Recent explorations have fundamentally reshaped our understanding of the geological evolution of both Ceres and Vesta. Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt, exhibits a diverse ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — If scientists can prove evidence of life on Mars — now or at any point in the past — “that ...

"... a compilation of abstracts of reports from principal investigators of NASA's Office of Space Science, Solar System Exploration Division, Planetary Geology ...

An illustration depicting the formation of TTGs in a two-stage mantle plume-sagduction model. Geologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how the ...

New approaches are needed to help humanity deal with climate change and other global environmental threats that lie ahead in the 21st century, according to a group of 28 internationally renowned ...

For decades, Venus, often dubbed “Earth’s twin,” has been depicted as a barren, inhospitable world, its surface locked in an unchanging, oven-hot state. Yet, recent data from NASA’s Magellan orbiter ...

Visit ancient Mars—a surprisingly temperate planet where snow or rain falls from the sky, and rivers rush down valleys to feed hundreds of lakes. The severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms in the ...