The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has discovered dust around the closest star to the…
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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.
Engineers and scientists at NASA have conceived and plan to build an ambitious submillimeter-wave or…
This newly released false-color image demonstrates how use of special filters available on the Curiosity…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC-UPAzrMzM Planetary missions including Galileo, Cassini and Juno, and a number of spacecraft that orbit…
NASA’s 2020 Mars Rover will have 23 cameras to create sweeping panoramas, reveal obstacles, study…
ESO’s Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) instrument at has found its first exoplanet, a hot…
Astronomers continue to study Cassini data on Saturn, providing us with images like this one…
Using ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatories, astronomers reveal that Jupiter’s intense northern and…
Hubble has discovered a blistering hot planet outside our solar system where it “snows” titanium…
This newly released image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a small central portion of…
Two new studies from NASA’s Dawn mission shed light on Ceres, revealing that the dwarf…
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) views layered sedimentary deposits on the surface of Mars. The…
New results from the Juno Spacecraft show that Jupiter’s gravitational field is askew, with different…
This view from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft shows Saturn’s graceful lanes of orbiting ice (rings) winding…
NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft reveals that Mars has an invisible magnetic “tail” that is twisted by…
A team of astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics has calculated the rates of…
New research from NASA scientists is helping to refine our understanding of candidate planets beyond…
NASA researchers have found evidence of a toxic hybrid ice in a wispy cloud high…