The new fellows will study the evolution of viruses and cells, habitability on Mars and the formation of planetary systems.

Take a journey outward from Earth, where satellites track the ocean heat that can fuel hurricanes, to the icy cliffs of Mars ...

This month brings a new way to see remote planets, a spacecraft idea for scouting resources across the Solar System, fresh clues about the way planets form, and even a surprise from Pluto.

The Moeraki Boulders look almost too perfect to be natural — but these giant stone spheres along New Zealand’s Koekohe Beach were formed over millions of years. Scientists believe the boulders began ...

The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured this dramatic view of Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau erupting on September 5, 2026. Rising from the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java, the volcanic island ...

For the first time, astronomers have detected an atmosphere around a rocky planet orbiting within another star's habitable zone. Located about 48 light-years from Earth, LHS 1140 b orbits a cool red ...

Healthy rivers and riparian ecosystems are teaming with life, but should rivers themselves be considered alive? The question is central to the growing rights-of-nature movement that claims that ...

Degree/Major: PhD, Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University ...

Our team’s research is driven by a single scientific question: “How can we best assess whether an exoplanet supports life?” To answer this, the massively interdisciplinary VPL Team develops and ...

Degree/Major: B.S. in Physics, UT San Antonio; B.A. in English, UT Austin ...

Dingshan Deng studies protoplanetary disks, the disks of gas and dust around young stars where planetary systems form. His research focuses on how the physics and chemistry of these disks establish ...