The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – NASA’s first mission to demonstrate a planetary defense…
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Planetary science is the interdisciplinary study of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and other bodies in our solar system and beyond. It explores their composition, formation, atmospheres, geology, and potential for life—linking astronomy, geology, physics, and chemistry to understand planetary processes. Researchers use spacecraft missions, telescopes, and laboratory simulations to study worlds like Mars, Venus, and the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn, uncovering clues about Earth’s origins and the dynamics of planetary systems. From analyzing meteorites to exploring exoplanets, planetary science seeks to answer fundamental questions about the diversity, evolution, and habitability of worlds across the universe.
Observers watching January’s total eclipse of the Moon saw a rare event, a short-lived flash…
For more than a century, scientists have squabbled over how the Earth’s moon formed. But…
This final traverse map for NASA’s Opportunity rover shows where the rover was located within…
Cerberus Fossae is a steep-sided set of troughs cutting volcanic plains to the east of…
On its final flyby of Saturn’s largest moon in 2017, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft gathered radar…
The closest exoplanet to us, if we include only single stars like the Sun, is…
April 11 Editor’s Note: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine released the following statement on the Beresheet…
In the past three decades, almost 4,000 planet-like objects have been discovered orbiting isolated stars…
According to NASA, scientists are in agreement that there is no life on Mars. However,…
When NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover landed in 2012, it brought along eclipse glasses. The solar…
Little is known about the inner structure of the Moon, but a major step forward…
New findings have emerged about five tiny moons nestled in and near Saturn’s rings. The…
Astronomers who study stars are providing a valuable assist to the planet-hunting astronomers pursuing the…
In 1989, NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped past Neptune—its final planetary target before speeding to the…
This striking view of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by…
Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are cooking up an alien atmosphere…
Just as dust gathers in corners and along bookshelves in our homes, dust piles up…