Geophysical Sciences

Beads of glass in meteorites help scientists piece together how solar system formed Carbonaceous chondrite Allende Meteorite

Beads of glass in meteorites help scientists piece together how solar system formed

Clam fossils help scientists find errors in evolutionary tree calculations Clam shells

Clam fossils help scientists find errors in evolutionary tree calculations

Scientists find strange black ‘superionic ice’ that could exist inside other planets A beamline setup at GSECARS, sector 13, Advance Photon Sources, Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists find strange black ‘superionic ice’ that could exist inside other planets

Victor Barcilon, applied mathematician and geophysical scientist, 1939–2020 Victor Barcilon standing in front of a blackboard in 1980

Victor Barcilon, applied mathematician and geophysical scientist, 1939–2020

Icy clouds could have kept early Mars warm enough for rivers and lakes, study finds Illustration of Mars Perseverance

Icy clouds could have kept early Mars warm enough for rivers and lakes, study finds

Earth’s building blocks formed during the solar system’s first million years, study finds Artist illustration of a bright star surrounded by rings of slowly differentiating material

Earth’s building blocks formed during the solar system’s first million years, study finds

There might be many planets with water-rich atmospheres Artist illustration of the exoplanet WASP-121b

There might be many planets with water-rich atmospheres

Ceramic chips inside meteorites hint at wild days of the early solar system artist illustration of bright sun surrounded by glowing disk of matter

Ceramic chips inside meteorites hint at wild days of the early solar system

The World War II-era Chicago school of meteorology that decoded weather forecasting Horace R. Byers pictured with Ferguson Hall and Lewis Meng at Pinecastle Army Airfield

The World War II-era Chicago school of meteorology that decoded weather forecasting

New study helps pinpoint when Earth’s tectonic plates began Nice Gneiss

New study helps pinpoint when Earth’s tectonic plates began