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 ...

REx, NASA's first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, ...

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

The task helps them survey the vast landscapes of the universe — from the Earth to the moon — in a space known as the Heat ...

"One of the things that we're able to do now that wasn't possible in the '70s, when the museum first opened, is to create ...

Oregon State University researchers tested a quadruped robot at White Sands National Park, showing it can scout terrain and ...

Tucson planetary scientist Faith Vilas is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Gerard P. Kuiper Prize from the American ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has helped researchers learn new information about how the Earth may have been formed as it gives a deeper look into the Butterfly Nebula.

Ari Koeppel is a Postdoctoral Scientist in Earth and Planetary Science at Dartmouth College. Koeppel receives funding from NASA.

This view started to change with planetary science missions like the Mars Odyssey and the Phoenix Lander. Having a closer look at the red planet unveiled the existence of hydrogen in the soil and ...

Planetary scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa is due to return to her postdoctoral roots at UCSD in October after six years as director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State ...