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 ...

A global team of astronomers, led by the University of Warwick, have used a European Space Agency (ESA) telescope to discover ...

Their observations of a faint, cool M-dwarf star called LHS 1903 revealed a system with a rocky world at its outer edge. LHS 1903 is an ancient star, around seven billion years old, and only has about ...

A rocky exoplanet in the LHS 1903 system defies planet formation models, hinting that gravitational upheaval reshaped the red dwarf’s four worlds.

The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing issues in astrobiology and planetary science with the research ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

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 ...

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