The weird shapes and colors of the tiny Martian moons Phobos and Deimos have inspired…
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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.
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed what appear to be giant dust storms in…
A new study shows evidence that ancient Mars probably had an ample supply of chemical…
There are about 4433 exoplanets in the latest catalogs. Their radii have generally been measured…
A long, brown oval known as a “brown barge” in Jupiter’s South Equatorial Belt is…
Gearing up for its first flight test, NASA’s Adaptable Deployable Entry Placement Technology, or ADEPT,…
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute studied an unusual pair of asteroids and discovered that their…
Cassini ended its 13-year mission at Saturn on September 15, 2017 when it plunged into…
Bright surface features on the dwarf planet Ceres known as faculae were first discovered by…
The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research from…
After snagging a new rock sample on August 9, NASA’s Curiosity rover surveyed its surroundings…
Wolf 503b, an exoplanet twice the size of Earth, has been discovered by an international…
The long-lived international Cassini mission has revealed a surprising feature emerging at Saturn’s northern pole…
Early in 2017, Assistant Professor Yoko Oya gave graduate student Yuki Okoda some recent complex…
The planet Jupiter has a very strong magnetic field which forms the largest object in…
On December 7, 1995, NASA’s historic Galileo probe plunged into Jupiter’s atmosphere at 106,000 mph…
A planet-encircling dust storm on Mars, which was first detected on May 30 and halted…
The conditions for life surviving on planets entirely covered in water are more fluid than…