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 ...

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 ...

The Planetary Science Caucus is back from the dead, and the revival of the group couldn’t come at a more critical time for scientific pursuits in the cosmos that often find themselves in the budgetary ...

For the first time in The Meteoritical Society’s more than 90-year history, an Indian woman has been elected Fellow.

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 ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand-new class of exoplanet unlike anything previously known. This discovery, featured in ...

Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), one of the co-chairs of the Planetary Science Caucus, speaks at a March 5 event about the relaunched caucus. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust WASHINGTON — As NASA’s planetary ...

The head of NASA’s planetary science division said the decision in November to delay the launch of VERITAS by three years was the “least of the bad answers” to address problems with the Psyche mission ...

This poll is now closed. Results to come soon, stay tuned! In our September 2025 issue, astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field of planetary science has transformed ...

For those who watch gravitational waves roll in from the universe, GW250114 is a big one. It's the clearest gravitational wave signal from a binary black hole merger to date, and it gives researchers ...

Kuljeet Kaur Marhas has made history by becoming the first Indian woman elected Fellow of The Meteoritical Society, one of ...