Science news articles about 'exploring the solar system'

  • Solar system a bit squashed, not nicely round

    ... system may not be a nice round shape, but rather a bit squashed and oblong, according to data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft exploring the solar system's outer limits, scientists said on Wednesday.
  • NASA spacecraft ready to explore outer solar system

    ... orbit of Pluto. IBEX is poised to thoroughly map this interstellar boundary region of the solar system. The images will allow scientists to understand the global interaction between our sun and the ...
  • 'Lost' Miller-Urey experiment created more of life's building blocks

    ... Research on early planetary geochemistry and the origins of life isn't limited to Earth studies. As humans explore the Solar System, investigations of past or present extra-terrestrial life are ...
  • Human Spaceflight Should Drive Evolution

    There is fierce debate over the direction humanity should take when exploring the solar system.
  • Return to the moon

    ... step in leaving planet Earth to explore the Solar System. Learning to live and work on the moon ... future lunar expeditions. The LROC imaging system serves the mission's primary objective of scouting ...

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