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Planetary Sciences

Feature 9 November 2018

Exploring Planetary Breadcrumbs One Asteroid at a Time

Six ongoing and future missions explore the variety of asteroids in the solar system, seeking to uncover what makes each of them special.

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Planetary Sciences

News 7 November 2018

Could Life Be Floating in Venus’s Clouds?

If present, microbes could explain evolving patterns in the planet’s atmosphere when observed in ultraviolet light.

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Education

News 31 October 2018

Girl Scouts Can Now Earn Space Science Badges

Young Girl Scouts can be explorers, adventurers, and investigators as they work toward badges that teach them about the Sun, the solar system, and the stars.

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Planetary Sciences

News 18 October 2018

Mercury Mission Will Map Morphology and Measure Magnetics

BepiColombo may launch as early as this weekend. It seeks to unravel the mysteries of Mercury’s geologic and magnetic past and map the small planet’s cratered surface.

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Planetary Sciences

News 3 October 2018

Large Exomoon Likely Orbits a Faraway World

This Neptune-sized object would be the first moon discovered to orbit a planet outside the solar system, provided that additional observations continue to support the claim.

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Planetary Sciences

News 25 September 2018

New Exoplanet Telescope Detects Its First Two Planets

The two possible planets, each larger than Earth and too hot to be habitable, are the first of hundreds of Earth-sized exoplanets expected to be discovered by a recently launched telescope.

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Planetary Sciences

News 13 September 2018

Global Ice Monitoring Satellite to Launch as Early as This Week

The soon-to-launch satellite will measure the height and thickness of sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, and permafrost around the world to an unprecedentedly high precision.

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Planetary Sciences

News 12 September 2018

Webb Telescope May Detect Minerals from Shredded Worlds

The upcoming James Webb Space Telescope should be able to measure the composition of vaporizing exoplanets, giving clues about the makeup of their cores, mantles, and crusts.

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Planetary Sciences

News 5 September 2018

How Hot Is Europa? Now There’s a Map for That

The new global map of Europa’s surface heat also highlighted one spot on the moon that is inexplicably cold.

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Geology & Geophysics

GeoFIZZ 31 August 2018

Earth’s Rich Textures, Seen by Satellite

From the soaring peaks of the Himalayas to Baltic algae blooms, Earth-observing satellites showcase the breathtaking and seemingly tactile beauty of our planet.

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