A new NASA video uses more than 100 images taken by the New Horizons Spacecraft…
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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.
This new Cassini image features one of Saturn’s small moons. The wavemaker moon, Daphnis, is…
This newly released Cassini image shows Saturn in a way no Earth-based telescope ever could.…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover has examined slabs of rock cross-hatched with shallow ridges that likely…
A newly published study provides a list of habitable zone exoplanet candidates from the Kepler…
Using data from Juno’s JunoCam instrument, citizen scientist Roman Tkachenko created this image of a…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLTiv_XWHnOZpKPaDTVy36z0U8GxoiIkZa&v=msiLWxDayuA On January 14, 2005, ESA’s Huygens probe made its descent to the surface of…
By analyzing minerals brought back by the 1971 Apollo mission, a new study from UCLA…
This newly released Cassini image shows Herschel Crater on Saturn’s Moon Mimas, revealing an indication…
A team of researchers used a model similar to what meteorologists use to forecast weather…
The Herschel Telescope and the Dawn Spacecraft have observed the release of water vapor from…
This newly released ESO image shows a disc of rotating, leftover material surrounding the young…
This newly released Juno image highlights the seventh of eight features forming a ‘string of…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft will make its third science flyby of Jupiter on Sunday, December 11,…
New images from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft from its new orbit of Saturn. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft…
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its first close dive past the outer edges of Saturn’s rings…
New research looks to solve the many mysteries of Pluto’s icy heart-shaped feature. Was Pluto’s…
In this new image from the Cassini Spacecraft, Saturn’s icy moon Mimas is dwarfed by…