According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

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

Research Indicates Uranus Moon to Have Hidden Oceans, Trenches on Ariel Could Reflect Subsurface Water Recent studies led by ...

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 ...

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

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

Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, proposed that deposits of carbon dioxide ice and other ...

Students will work with scientists at the SETI Institute and at the nearby NASA Ames Research Center on projects spanning the field of astrobiology, from microbiology to planetary geology to ...

If you want to explore space with humans, water becomes one of the most critical commodities,” explains Mahesh Anand, a professor of planetary science and exploration at the ...