In this view, individual layers of haze can be distinguished in the upper atmosphere of…
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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.
When scientists searching for exoplanets — worlds located beyond our solar system — first spotted…
NASA and its partners will host a news conference at noon EST (9 a.m. PST)…
Saturn’s rings, made of countless icy particles, form a translucent veil in this view from…
Like Earth, space has weather. Except instead of swirling winds and downpours of precipitation, space…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft was a little more than one Earth diameter from Jupiter when it…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EblZ0kOUFw This visualization shows the motion of one electron in the magnetic reconnection region. As…
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, is preparing for its 2018 observing campaign, which…
Saturn’s moon Enceladus drifts before the rings, which glow brightly in the sunlight. Beneath its…
What is a tholus? A tholus is a type of small mountain. These images show…
In the collective imagination, planets of a solar system all circle around their star, in…
When searching for life, scientists first look for an element key to sustaining it: fresh…
Santa’s winter workshop might be in space, as University of Warwick researchers are exploring whether…
Speeding through the atmosphere high above Jupiter’s equator is an east–west jet stream that reverses…
Astronomers from Yale University have taken a fresh look at the nearby Alpha Centauri star…
A scientist from Siberian Federal University (SFU) and his colleagues from Austria and Germany constructed…
The discovery of an eighth planet circling the distant star Kepler-90 by University of Texas…
How long might a rocky, Mars-like planet be habitable if it were orbiting a red…