While analyzing detailed global surface temperature maps, researchers discovered the coldest place on Earth: a…
Browsing: Planetary Science
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.
Newly published research shows that an ancient lake on Mars had fresh water and contained…
Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet that is unlike anything in our own Solar System. HD…
Using Hubble’s high-performance Wide Field Camera 3, astronomers have peered into the atmospheres of five…
Using data from NASA’s twin STEREO spacecrafts, scientists have confirmed the existence of a circumsolar…
Based on an analysis of a 4.4 billion-year-old Martian meteorite discovered in the Sahara desert,…
A new study from MIT researchers has found that Mars, like Earth, can “refresh”…
Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has led to the discovery of feldspar minerals on…
As scientists ready for the launch of the MAVEN orbiter, a newly released ScienceCast video…
New satellite data from NASA provide a glimpse into one of the most powerful storms…
Using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission, researchers offer new insight into…
The latest analysis of Kepler Space Telescope data has revealed the discovery of 833 new…
Geoscientists from Rice University are building a whole-Earth model to study long-term climate evolution, focusing…
Astronomers discover the first known Earth-sized planet with an Earth-like density, a scorching lava world…
Using the Herschel Space Observatory and ALMA, researchers have discovered that the unusual disk around…
Using planetary models based on measurements of our sun’s carbon-to-oxygen ratio, researchers found that planets…
This four minute video from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center details the atmosphere of…
New images of the liquid methane and ethane seas and lakes that reside near Titan’s…