This before and after view from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rock…
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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 looks at the formation of Pluto and its low-mass satellites, finding…
Using ALMA, astronomers observed a young star named HD142527 and discovered the first firm evidence…
A new ScienceCast video details what NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft might find when it reaches…
Using the HARPS planet-finding instrument on ESO’s 3.6-meter telescope, astronomers have discovered three exoplanets orbiting…
The European Space Agency has released a new five-minute fly-through movie of the ancient flood…
A newly published study reveals that the odds of Super-Earth exoplanets having an Earth-like climate…
While searching Kepler data for exomoons, astronomers discovered the first Earth-mass planet that crosses in…
Researchers announced that ground-based follow-up observations of Kepler’s exoplanet systems have resulted in the discovery…
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers from the University of Chicago have detected…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured the first images of the Chinese Chang’e 3 lander…
New data from NASA’s AIM spacecraft show a vast bank of noctilucent clouds blanketing Antarctica.…
MIT researchers have developed a new technique for determining the mass of exoplanets using only…
Detailed analysis of the recently discovered Luhman 16AB system has revealed that the pair of…
New data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has helped scientists better understand how Titan’s liquids, solids…
In a newly published study, researchers using Hubble Space Telescope data report the detection of…
Using data from NASA’s Galileo mission, researchers have discovered clay-type minerals on the surface of…
While analyzing detailed global surface temperature maps, researchers discovered the coldest place on Earth: a…