A newly published study reveals that small space rocks, or planetesimals, may have bombarded Earth…
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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 a combination of data from Cassini’s December 2000 Jupiter flyby and laboratory experiments, new…
NASA scientists are developing the capabilities needed to send humans to an asteroid by 2025…
A team of scientists has developed a new method that allows them to estimate the…
This close-up image of a Martian rock has provided scientists with evidence about wet environmental…
This newly released image of Saturn’s uppermost cloud layers was taken with the Cassini spacecraft…
This three-minute video shows how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe over…
New research from Brown University and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science shows that warmth and…
Using images NASA’s Voyager-2, astronomer Erich Karkoschka has uncovered features in Uranus’ atmosphere that reveal…
New research reveals the first experimental evidence that our solar system’s protoplanetary disk was shaped…
New data from NASA’s Cassini mission reveal that the color of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot…
During a recent flyby, the Cassini spacecraft observed new, bright features in the seas that…
Data from several spacecraft have revealed that debris from Comet Siding Spring added a temporary…
While testing the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array’s new high-resolution capabilities, astronomers captured the best image…
A sample of powdered rock extracted by the Curiosity rover’s drill from the “Confidence Hills”…
The 10-month, 442-million-mile trip is complete and the MAVEN spacecraft is set to continue the…
Taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, this near-infrared, color mosaic shows the sun glinting off of…
Yale astronomers and the Planet Hunter program have discovered a low-mass, low-density planet that has…