A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic ...

This study is based on work supported by Contract No. NNH17CB02B/NNH17CB01T with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Grant No. 2040016 with the National Science Foundation. Any ...

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Uniquely combining astrophysics and planetary science, the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences provides students with a unified view of space sciences; the solar system and comparative ...

Earth as we know it offers majestic trees, meandering streams, and rolling hills. Yet below the Earth's surface, forces and elements like intense pressure and scalding magma simmer and stew—and make ...

SpaceX will launch NASA's DART mission, which will fly to the near Earth asteroid Didymos and collide with its small moon as a planetary defense demonstration. Credit: JHUAPL WASHINGTON — NASA and the ...

The Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue has many wonderful things to offer to its students. The faculty-to-student ratio is very high, and all undergraduates are ...

The Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue has many wonderful things to offer to its students. The faculty-to-student ratio is very high, and all undergraduates are ...

1 computer optical disc in pocket. 'In recent years, planetary science has seen a tremendous growth in new knowledge. Deposits of water ice exist at the Moon's poles. Discoveries on the surface of ...

One recommended mission in the planetary science decadal survey would send a mission to Enceladus, an icy, potentially habitable moon of Saturn with a subsurface ocean and plumes. Credit: ...