Juno accomplished a close flyby over Jupiter’s churning atmosphere on Wednesday, February 7, successfully completing…
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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.
The planet Mars has long drawn interest from scientists and non-scientists as a possible place…
In the year since NASA announced the seven Earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system, scientists…
In this view, Saturn’s icy moon Rhea passes in front of Titan as seen by…
A new study has found that the seven planets orbiting the nearby ultra-cool dwarf star…
Worlds in the star’s habitable zone are not smothered under primordial atmospheres Only 40 light-years…
A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team has discovered for the first time a population of…
A new self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge,…
For the first time, scientists have estimated how much energy is transferred from large to…
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows layers, probably sedimentary in origin,…
This spectacular new image taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft show’s Jupiter’s northern polar belt region.…
Spacecraft landing on Jupiter’s moon Europa could see the craft sink due to high surface…
As NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and other new giant telescopes come online they will…
A new national facility at ESO’s La Silla Observatory has successfully made its first observations.…
In 2013, the European Space Agency and Roscosmos — the Russian governmental body responsible for…
Some Mars experts are eager and optimistic for a dust storm this year to grow…
Pluto hogs the spotlight in the continuing scientific debate over what is and what is…
The hottest point on a gaseous planet near a distant star isn’t where astrophysicists expected…