When the New Horizons spacecraft photographed Pluto last week, it snapped the most revealing images yet of two little-known moons of the dwarf planet.
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New Pluto Image Reveals Young Icy Plain
The mottled plain offers additional evidence that Pluto's surface is geologically young—and possibly still active.
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"Amazing" Activity Evident on Pluto's Surface
Scientists struggle to explain perplexing features revealed by the first close-up of the icy body's surface.
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Long-Traveled Spacecraft Buzzes Pluto in Close Flyby
Successful flyby of Pluto completes the first era of planetary reconnaissance, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says.
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Global Research Push Urged on Environmental Disruption, Extremes
Seven resolutions by the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics call for increased scientific contributions in areas ranging from environmental threats to energy resources to satellite systems.
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Member Comment Period for AGU Bylaws Amendments Now Open
Amendments remove a voting restriction on members of more than three sections and focus groups as well as transfer service as vice chair of AGU's development board to the past past president.
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2015 AGU Section and Focus Group Awardees and Named Lecturers
AGU section and focus group awards and named lectures recognize some of the most innovative minds in their fields.
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McNutt Nominated as President of National Academy of Sciences
The current Science editor in chief would become the first woman to head the academy.
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Weak Shaking Lessened Nepal Earthquake Impact
Modest ground motion for such a big quake and some prior training in earthquake preparedness averted worse death and destruction, earthquake scientists say.
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Outstanding Student Paper Awards
The American Geophysical Union announces winners from the 2015 Joint Assembly.