Saturn’s iconic rings and unusual behavior have left scientists questioning everything they thought they knew about the gas ...

China proposes flyby mission to asteroid Apophis during 2029 Earth encounter Chinese scientists are proposing using a ...

I'm a planetary scientist who was born the year of Sputnik's launch. Over the course of my 40-year career, I've witnessed not ...

Scientists have calculated the odds of a catastrophic asteroid impact compared to other causes of death—to surprising results.

Asteroids have long been described as the leftover pieces from the solar system’s early construction. They are like the ...

The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered dozens of NASA missions over the past 50 years ...

A new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that the boundaries between geological ...

Planetary scientists are starting to get stirred up by Starship’s potential "It could provide a revolutionary new way of exploring these worlds." ...

Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth's. Results from NASA's InSight mission ...

The new decadal survey shall broadly canvas the field of space- and ground-based planetary science to determine the current state of knowledge and to identify the most important scientific questions ...

A study outlining priorities in planetary science for the next decade backs Mars sample return and missions to the planet Uranus and an icy moon of Saturn.

The new decadal survey shall broadly canvas the field of space- and ground-based planetary science to determine the current state of knowledge and to identify the most important scientific questions ...