NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has observed Titan in the supersonic and super-Alfvénic solar wind, revealing that…
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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.
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’…
In celebration of its 11th anniversary on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured this panorama view…
A newly published study shows evidence that transient water flowed on the surface of Vesta,…
The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer has completed its first study of dust in the “habitable…
A new three minute video uses data collected by Cassini’s imaging cameras and the Huygens…
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has captured new images of dwarf planet Ceres. As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft…
After a voyage of more than 3 billion miles, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is ready…
Numerical calculations made by researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of…
A newly published study from researchers at MIT and Purdue University reveals that chondrules were…
Ten years ago, ESA’s Huygens probe entered the history books by descending to the surface…
The Next-Generation Transit Survey has achieved first light and will focus on discovering Neptune-sized and…
Using a giant array of radio-telescope antennas and data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, astronomers have…
Using the High-Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), astronomers show that the recipe for Earth…
Using Kepler data, a team of astronomers has discovered eight new planets orbiting their stars…