New images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft provide a better look at the surface of Ceres.…
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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.
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers have found telltale differences between the gaps in…
This new Cassini image dramatically displays the contrast between the older and newer terrain on…
Using data from the New Horizons flyby of Pluto, astronomers continue to learn more about…
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make its final close flyby of the ocean-bearing moon Enceladus on…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows that the gas cavity in transition…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers details…
This newly released image from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is the highest resolution image ever…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8er_0yY1S1o Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these false-color renderings, which highlight differences in surface…
This newly released image from the Cassini Spacecraft reveals the surface of Saturn’s moon Prometheus.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-LVK5TuKcA Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, the Space Weather Research Center…
This newly released Cassini image shows Tethys dwarfed by Saturn and its rings. Tethys, dwarfed…
This newly released composite image from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft shows an infrared view of Saturn’s…
New images from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft are the sharpest views of Pluto it obtained…
This image from the Cassini Spacecraft shows water jets shooting from the southern region of…
New research from Caltech and NASA offers an explanation for the “missing” carbon in the…
This newly released Cassini image was taken during the flyby of Dione this past summer.…
A new study proposes the existence of long filaments of dark matter, called “hairs,” which…