What’s the sound of a touchdown on Mars? If you’re at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,…
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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.
Mars and Earth are like two siblings who have grown apart. There was a time…
Not all stars are like the sun, so not all planetary systems can be studied…
NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft is on…
NASA has chosen Jezero Crater as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover…
The nearest single star to the Sun hosts an exoplanet at least 3.2 times as…
Scientists have created the soundtrack of the 5,000th Mars sunrise captured by the robotic exploration…
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover drove about 197 feet (60 meters) over the weekend to a…
On October 7, 2018, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot this photograph…
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists somewhere in our galaxy, a new MIT study proposes that laser…
Every Mars landing is a knuckle-whitening feat of engineering. But each attempt has its own…
Small planetary systems with multiple planets are not fans of heavy metal — think iron,…
In the early hours of September 7, NASA broke a world record. Less than 2…
Since September 13, ESA’s Mars Express has been observing the evolution of an elongated cloud…
The planets so far discovered across the Milky Way are a motley, teeming multitude: hot…
Massive structures of moving air that appear like waves in Jupiter’s atmosphere were first detected…
An international team of astronomers have discovered two stars in a binary pair that complete…
NASA’s MarCO mission was designed to find out if briefcase-sized spacecraft called CubeSats could survive…