Molly Wasser

Nov 11, 2024 | phys.org | Karen C. Fox |Molly Wasser |Gretchen Parker McCartney

When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists' first—and, so far, only—close glimpse of this strange, sideways-rotating outer planet. Alongside the discovery of new moons and rings, baffling new mysteries confronted scientists. The energized particles around the planet defied their understanding of how magnetic fields work to trap particle radiation, and Uranus earned a reputation as an outlier in our solar system.

Oct 17, 2024 | phys.org | Andrew Good |Karen C. Fox |Molly Wasser

While actual evidence for life on Mars has never been found, a new NASA study proposes microbes could find a potential home beneath frozen water on the planet's surface.

Sep 25, 2023 | smithmountainlake.com | Molly Wasser