The dazzling lights of the aurora are created when high-energy particles from space collide with Earth's atmosphere. While ...

Three students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at East Texas A&M University have been awarded competitive ...

Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in Earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her data from a bird's-eye ...

Xinting Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Texas at San Antonio, is one of two recipients of the 2025 Harold C. Urey Prize. The national award from ...

Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an energetic and electrically charged environment where dust storms and dust devils ...

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have installed a new supercomputer that ranks among the 100 fastest computers in the world. The computer will be used for research in planetary ...

The Life of Her Mind is dedicated to learning about how these women think — how they think about their careers, disciplines, and future. Each episode focuses on a single professional working in or ...

NASA is quietly ending financial support for independent planetary science advisory groups, according to a letter posted to ...

The Solar System remains a unique natural laboratory for exploring the processes that govern planetary formation, evolution and dynamics. Contemporary research continues to refine our understanding of ...