The World from PRX

Planetary science

An illustration of a protoplanet crashing into Jupiter
Science
Protoplanet smackdown may explain Jupiter’s core makeup
STEVE
Science
The mysterious aurora known as ‘Steve,’ explained
It might be raining diamonds on Neptune
Science
After Cassini, where to next?
This natural color view of Ganymede was taken on June 26, 1996, from the Galileo spacecraft during its first encounter with the Jovian moon.
Science
Looking for water? Try Jupiter’s largest moon.
This artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft arriving at the dwarf planet Ceres
Science
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is already historic, and it’s just getting started
An artist's rendering if Kepler 186f, a world extremely similar to Kepler 438b, an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting an M-class dwarf star in the habitable zone.
Science
Up close, ‘Earth-like’ planets are still wildly unfamiliar worlds
A NASA graphic illustrating the interior of the Earth.
Science
How the Earth made its own water — out of rocks
Galaxy formation
Science
The water on Earth is even older than the sun
Mount Redoubt eruption
Environment
Humanity is the great species killer
The planet Saturn is seen backlit by the sun, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft on July 19, 2013.
Environment
Saturn shows us how a moon might be born
The planet Saturn is seen backlit by the sun, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft on July 19, 2013.
Environment
Saturn shows us how a moon might be born
Sedna artist rendering
Environment
The discovery of a new ‘dwarf planet’ expands our view of the solar system
Sedna artist rendering
Environment
The discovery of a new ‘dwarf planet’ expands our view of the solar system
China Moom
Environment
China successfully puts a rabbit on the moon
NASA scientist speaks at COSAT
Development & Education
School Year Blog: South African students meet a NASA scientist
Environment
NASA wants your help protecting Earth from asteroids
Environment
Meteorite explodes over Russia, hundreds injured in blast wave
Environment
MIT professor explores planets for signs of life
Environment
VIDEO: New planet, possibly habitable, discovered by NASA scientists
Environment
The rise and fall of Pluto
Environment
A Blue Planet with Molten Glass Rain and Supersonic Winds
Arts, Culture & Media
Whatever Happened to all of the Moon Rocks?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Space Mining with Robots
Arts, Culture & Media
Wading in Venice: City Submerged by Flood Waters
Arts, Culture & Media
Audra Ang: A Food Journey through Modern China
A Planet Made of Diamonds
Environment
The Sound of Earth’s Security Blanket
NASA’s ‘Chorus’ Recording, ‘Natural Radio’ and the Magnetosphere
Arts, Culture & Media
Observing the Transit of Venus: Past and Present
Environment
Video: Solar Storm To Lash Earth Until Wednesday
Apocalypse When?
Arts, Culture & Media
Cal-Earth
Environment
New Study Says Plants on Distant Planets May Be Black
First Pictures of Mercury Received on Earth
Environment
Collecting clouds
Water on Mars?
Lunar Love
Museum Message
California: Of Future Floods
Other Planets Like Earth
The Sound of Solar
If We Can Put a Man on the Moon
An American Epic
After the Floods
The Pluto Files
Venus or Bust
Shinin’ on Through
Emerging Science Note/Discovery & Extinction
Moon Walkers
Celestial Update
Alien Planets
Tyson on Titan
Aurora Borealis
Remote Sensing
Planetary Traffic Jam
Solar System Model
Profile of a Scientist: Lucy McFadden
The Living on Earth Almanac
The Search for the Golden Moon Bear, Part 2
Arts, Culture & Media
Why Does The Sun Really Shine?