In a newly published study, NASA’s Van Allen Probes reveal that a persistent pattern 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.
A newly published study from the Carnegie Institute resolves a decades-old paradox between thermal history…
Researchers have imaged a glory on Venus – a rainbow-like light phenomenon observed on cloud…
New research from scientists at the University of East Anglia reveals four new man-made gases…
Using the ALMA telescope, researchers discovered an unexpected clump of carbon monoxide gas in the…
A newly published study shows that in certain circumstances a pool of dense particles normally…
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have developed a new theory explaining the…
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is ready to conduct its 100th flyby of Titan. Ten years ago,…
Using essentially the same type of imaging sensor found in digital cameras, astronomers have captured…
With the aid of computer simulations of the chemistry of Earth’s own atmosphere that isolate…
An international team of astronomers has discovered eight new planets orbiting nearby red dwarf stars,…
A newly published study reveals that many of the super-Earth planets discovered in the last…
A new three-minute ScienceCast video explores the 715 new planets that were just verified by…
Using a technique called verification by multiplicity, astronomers discovered 715 new planets from Kepler data.…
Using a new infrared technique, astronomers have detected water in the atmosphere of Tau Boötes…
Using data from the European Space Agency’s Venus Express, astronomers have discovered planet-sized space weather…
Using data from NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and Galileo orbiter, scientists have produced…
This new series of images shows NASA’s Curiosity Rover driving through and past “Dingo Gap”…