Stories by Robin George Andrews

A distant galaxy has sprouted filaments hundreds of thousands of light-years long—and no one knows why

A new computer model shows how a buried ocean on Pluto might have enabled seismic waves to travel

Coordinated by NASA and ESA, an ambitious effort to retrieve samples from the Red Planet faces major obstacles

Fluctuating levels of the atmospheric gas, a potential tracer of alien life, have left researchers mystified

Spin-offs from space science and exploration offer eco-friendly benefits for Earth

Despite an impartial selection process, the space agency’s plans for robotic interplanetary missions lead to biases in our knowledge of the solar system

New research suggests the large metallic asteroid may harbor signs of past “ferrovolcanism” that could help rewrite early chapters of the solar system’s history

Exoplanets with stretchy, flowing rock may be bereft of plate tectonics—and of complex life

Shallow wastewater injections—supposedly safer—can cause big, far-flung quakes, study says

Indonesia’s Lombok quake revives the question of taking cover versus running outside

Volcanic tornadoes, choking fog, “laze,” lightning, hail, waterspouts and even frost are created above hot eruptions