This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a close-up of a trough, along with…
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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.
In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists have turned over all sorts of rocks. Mars,…
As part of an effort to identify distant planets hospitable to life, NASA has established…
The discovery of an exoplanet has most often resulted from the monitoring of a star’s…
Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars.…
This mosaic, taken by the Mars Curiosity rover, looks uphill at Mount Sharp. Spanning the…
A hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet with a density similar to Mercury — situated 339 light…
In “Making Life Multi-Planetary” Elon Musk, CEO and Lead Designer at SpaceX, presents the updated…
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover just hit a new milestone: its two-thousandth Martian day, or sol,…
TRAPPIST-1 is an ultra-cool red dwarf star that is slightly larger, but much more massive,…
Saturn’s shadow sweeps across the rings in a view captured on November 5, 2006 by…
New research has revealed that a giant impact on Mars more than four billion years…
This image captures a close-up view of a storm with bright cloud tops in the…
In the year and a half NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter, the science…
Observations of Ceres have detected recent variations in its surface, revealing that the only dwarf…
Craters can tell scientists a lot about the surfaces of planets, moons, and other bodies.…
Though once big enough to swallow three Earths with room to spare, Jupiter’s Great Red…
Scientists report the existence of 15 new planets — including one ‘super-Earth’ that could harbor…