Geophysical Sciences

UChicago study illuminates fates of distant planetary atmospheres Extrasolar Planets

UChicago study illuminates fates of distant planetary atmospheres

UChicago, Field Museum scientists discover oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust black and white image, close-up of crystalline dust fragment

UChicago, Field Museum scientists discover oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardust

Antarctic sea ice is key to triggering ice ages, study finds Seal traverses sheet of Antarctic sea ice

Antarctic sea ice is key to triggering ice ages, study finds

NASA moon rocks help form new picture of early moon and Earth Object hitting Earth illustration

NASA moon rocks help form new picture of early moon and Earth

How AI could change science Data points

How AI could change science

Dust from a giant asteroid crash caused an ancient ice age Asteroid crash

Dust from a giant asteroid crash caused an ancient ice age

One scientist’s quest to map the trillions of microbes in the Great Lakes Promontory Point

One scientist’s quest to map the trillions of microbes in the Great Lakes

Salt deposits on Mars hold clues to sources of ancient water Salt mountain

Salt deposits on Mars hold clues to sources of ancient water

Krypton reveals ancient water beneath the Israeli desert Water pumped into basin

Krypton reveals ancient water beneath the Israeli desert

50 years later, UChicago scientists continue to decode moon’s mysteries Astronaut Harrison Schmitt

50 years later, UChicago scientists continue to decode moon’s mysteries