Using the Herschel Space Observatory and ALMA, researchers have discovered that the unusual disk around…
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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 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…
New research presented at the American Astronomical Society’s Division of Planetary Sciences details the discovery…
A team of scientists has discovered the first definitive proof of a comet striking Earth…
Using the Aerosol Interaction and Dynamics in the Atmosphere facility in Germany, researchers were able…
A new study shows that planet 55 Cancri e is less likely to consist largely…
Based on images and topographic data, new research shows that the Eden Patera basin on…
Astronomers used data from NASA’s Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes to produce a very low-resolution…
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene on Titan for the first time, solving a long-standing…
This four minute video shows climate model estimates on how global temperature and precipitation patterns…
Analysis of the Martian soil samples taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover has revealed that water…
UCLA scientists explain the formation of an unusual third radiation ring that briefly appeared between…
To the surprise of many researchers, NASA’s Curiosity rover has failed to detect methane on…
By using data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft to analyze the distinctive cracks lining the surface…
By using habitable zone and stellar evolution models, astrobiologists from the University of East Anglia…
In a newly published study, researchers from the University of Leeds detail how they solved…