Blaine Friedlander

By examining tiny wobbles of Saturn’s moon Enceladus—whose cosmic quavers are detectable only in high-resolution images taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft—planetary scientists have discovered that a global ocean lies beneath the moon’s thick icy crust.

After long hours harvesting forage, managing livestock, and milking cows, family members who work on the family dairy farm make $22,000 less annually than comparable hired managers.

Sibling suns and the planets around them may be more common than previously believed.

People who think they know a little something about a topic—confident though they may be—commonly and easily claim knowledge they couldn’t possibly have.

In noisy situations foods rich in umami flavor get a major boost, but sweet tastes are suppressed.

To help find life beyond our solar system, scientists have created a colorful catalog containing reflection signatures of Earth life forms that might be found on the surfaces of far-flung planets.

A slight wobble detected in Saturn’s moon Mimas suggests its icy surface is covering either an odd-shaped rocky core or a sloshing ocean.

The “wrong-way” dunes on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may be due to long timescale changes in their orbit around the Sun—similar to changes that caused ice ages on Earth.

By examining tiny wobbles of Saturn’s moon Enceladus—whose cosmic quavers are detectable only in high-resolution images taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft—planetary scientists have discovered that a global ocean lies beneath the moon’s thick icy crust.

After long hours harvesting forage, managing livestock, and milking cows, family members who work on the family dairy farm make $22,000 less annually than comparable hired managers.

Sibling suns and the planets around them may be more common than previously believed.

People who think they know a little something about a topic—confident though they may be—commonly and easily claim knowledge they couldn’t possibly have.

In noisy situations foods rich in umami flavor get a major boost, but sweet tastes are suppressed.

To help find life beyond our solar system, scientists have created a colorful catalog containing reflection signatures of Earth life forms that might be found on the surfaces of far-flung planets.

A slight wobble detected in Saturn’s moon Mimas suggests its icy surface is covering either an odd-shaped rocky core or a sloshing ocean.

The “wrong-way” dunes on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may be due to long timescale changes in their orbit around the Sun—similar to changes that caused ice ages on Earth.