Taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, this near-infrared, color mosaic shows the sun glinting off of…
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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.
Yale astronomers and the Planet Hunter program have discovered a low-mass, low-density planet that has…
Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, astronomers have identified an unexpected high-altitude methane ice cloud…
Researchers investigating the chemical make-up of Titan’s atmosphere have discovered large patches of trace gases…
New data from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveal that Saturn’s moon Mimas may have a liquid…
A new four minute ScienceCast video explores the shrinking coverage of Arctic sea ice and…
NASA’s MAVEN mission has provided scientists with their first look at the upper atmosphere of…
Earth’s magnetic field is decreasing 10 times faster than normal, leading some geophysicists to predict…
A new independent assessment of the Mars One Mission from MIT engineers reveals that the…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics studied the debris disc around τ Ceti, revealing…
New data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals evidence of basaltic volcanism on the Moon…
NASA is preparing its science fleet for comet Sliding Spring’s close encounter with Mars, which…
A team of astronomers used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to make the most detailed global…
Using 2005-2013 data from the Argo buoys, NASA’s Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellites and GRACE satellites,…
Images from NASA’s Terra satellite reveal that the eastern basin of the South Aral Sea…
Data from NASA’s Cassini mission reveals that a giant polar vortex hovering over the south…
Using new data obtained by NASA’s GRAIL mission, astronomers discovered that a volcanic plume, not…
A team of international astronomers has discovered two new Jupiter-sized extra-solar planets, each orbiting one…