I'm a planetary scientist who was born the year of Sputnik's launch. Over the course of my 40-year career, I've witnessed not ...

China proposes flyby mission to asteroid Apophis during 2029 Earth encounter Chinese scientists are proposing using a ...

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

Mars’ glaciers are over 80% pure ice, formed by similar processes worldwide. This discovery sheds light on past climate and ...

Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth's. Results from NASA's InSight mission ...

Scientists have calculated the odds of a catastrophic asteroid impact compared to other causes of death—to surprising results.

A new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that the boundaries between geological ...

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

Europlanet has announced the winners of its inaugural Career Medals, which are designed to honour outstanding contributions ...

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 ...

Saturn’s iconic rings and unusual behavior have left scientists questioning everything they thought they knew about the gas ...

Researchers used atomic-scale computer simulations to discover the importance of carbon in forming a solid planetary core.