According to Dr. Grundy, Pluto is a planet. "I use the word 'planet' to refer to it, and most of the planetary science ...

Two gargantuan canyons on the moon were carved by a hailstorm of rocks — and that’s good news for future lunar astronauts.

The space agency's planetary science analysis groups must pause while NASA checks if they comply with Trump's orders.

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with two people – a planetary scientist who studies the geology of the Moon, and a space lawyer who studies space policy and geopolitics – about ...

Ariel’s medial grooves could provide important clues about the moon’s internal structure, particularly regarding the presence ...

The study of planetary geology focuses on understanding the composition, structure, and processes that shape celestial bodies. Ceres and Vesta, two prominent bodies in the asteroid belt ...

Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in ...

Vicky Hamilton, a planetary geologist with the Southwest Research Institute who chairs NASA's Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group, said in a memo to her committee that the group has stopped ...