We are soliciting up to five positions open on the Steering Committee of the Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG), with terms starting in August 2020. The SBAG Steering Committee organizes […]
In 2017, ‘Oumuamua became the first known interstellar object detected passing through the solar system. With its unusual, elongated shape, its hyperbolic orbit that was not gravitationally bound to the […]
The gas giants of our solar system are so far from the Sun that they should have cold atmospheres. However, the upper atmosphere of Saturn (and the other gas giants) […]
The Field Training and Research Program at Meteor Crater is a week-long field class and research project based at Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona, more popularly known as Meteor Crater. The […]
All planetary scientists and engineers, including early career scientists, are invited to join us on April 22, at 3:30 pm Central, for our next seminar, Sharing Planetary Science: Presenting to […]
The composition and mineralogy of the lunar surface provides important clues to the formation and evolution of the Moon through geologic time. A group of scientists led by Mélissa Martinot […]
At one point in its history, conditions on Mars allowed liquid water—and potentially life—to exist on its surface. Today, however, the temperature and atmospheric conditions on Mars make liquid water […]
The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) provides early career and more senior scientists the opportunity to share in NASA’s mission, to reach for new heights, and reveal the unknown so that […]
NASA is now advertising for the Director of Science at NASA’s Ames Research Center. The Ames Science Directorate conducts basic and applied research, and technology development, in support of NASA […]
The next episode of Ask an Astrobiologist will take place on April 14 at 10:00 Pacific Time (17:00 UTC). Tune in on SAGANet or watch on the NASA Astrobiology Facebook […]
If you missed any of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) virtual town hall meetings, those recordings are now available online. View recordings of the Early Career Professionals and […]
Despite worldwide disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ESA-JAXA spacecraft BepiColombo will carry out its scheduled flyby of Earth to adjust its trajectory towards its final destination of Mercury. […]
Asteroid 4 Vesta is large enough to have a core-mantle-crust structure similar to Earth. However, this protoplanet did not experience plate tectonics and recycling of its crustal material, which means […]
The Orion module, which consists of the NASA-built crew module and the ESA-built European Service Module, successfully finished thermal vacuum testing prior to being shipped to its final destination of […]
The postdoctoral research associate will work with Dr. Catherine Elder to study lunar surface processes using a combination of thermal modeling and observations by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Diviner […]
The next episode of Ask an Astrobiologist will take place on Monday, March 30, at 10:00 Pacific Time (17:00 UTC). Tune in on SAGANet or watch on the NASA Astrobiology […]
The NASA Science Division Directors will provide community updates on Tuesday, March 31, when they address the discipline committees of the National Academies’ Space Studies Board (SSB) during Space Science […]
Jezero crater on Mars is the landing site for the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which is due to launch this July. It was selected as the landing site for […]
Dust devils probably occur on Saturn’s moon Titan, according to a new study led by Brian Jackson of Boise State University. Dust devils are convective vortices that transport dust and […]
Earth Day will mark its 50th anniversary on April 22, 2020 with the first Digital Earth Day, a global digital mobilization to diversify, educate, and activate the environmental movement worldwide. […]