Volcanism has played a more extensive role in shaping the surface of Mercury than previously thought, according to imaging data gathered by the MESSENGER spacecraft.
Lawrence Krauss, renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist, is assuming a leadership role at ASU in an emerging research and educational initiative on “origins.”
A new model developed by a team of ASU researchers is piecing together different, and often conflicting, hypotheses to deliver a clearer picture of the motion of the earth’s mantle.
ASU's Mars-orbiting camera, THEMIS, has captured the first evidence of salts on Mars. These deposits may provide evidence for the existence of former Martian life.
Walter Alvarez, world-renowned geologist and author of “T. rex and the Crater of Doom,” will deliver a lecture Feb. 21 on scientific revolutions that shaped history.
ASU's Andreas Spanias is leading a collaborative project, funded by the National Science Foundation, to develop a software program designed to aid earth science research.