NASA’S MAVEN spacecraft has completed its first deep-dip maneuver, gathering measurements closer to the top…
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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.
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft views Pluto’s moons Nix and Hydra as it continues on its…
This new image from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft reveals more details of the dwarf planet Ceres.…
In a newly published study, scientists from the Planetary Sciences Group of the UPV/EHU-University are…
Astronomers have discovered a rare red planet that has six times the mass of Jupiter,…
New research from a team of geologists reveals that the Earth’s inner core has an…
Launched in 2005, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has now orbited the Red Planet more than…
Scientists from UCLA have discovered an organism that hasn’t evolved in more than 2 billion…
Recent Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter observations reveal that deposits of hydrogen may be slightly more abundant…
Taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 in visible light, these new images capture the…
Headed towards Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has captured this new image of Pluto and…
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has acquired its latest and closest-yet snapshot of Ceres. At a resolution…
A new study from the University of Washington details how strong irradiation from the host…
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has observed Titan in the supersonic and super-Alfvénic solar wind, revealing that…
A new study from astronomers at the Leiden Observatory reveals details about the gigantic ring…
Using data from the Kepler spacecraft, astronomers have discovered a compact system of five transiting…
The sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres were taken by NASA’s Dawn…
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are working on a small helicopter that could ‘scout’…