The House committee met to discuss the commerce, justice, and science budget bill, which allocates funding to federal ...

Though no direct evidence of life has been found, models suggest Ceres had hot water shooting into its underground oceans ...

Astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field has transformed during his decades-long career.

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

Billions of years ago, Mars may not have been the frozen desert we see today. New simulations suggest that volcanic eruptions pumped out reactive sulfur gases, creating greenhouse effects strong ...

Scientists’ latest plans for welcoming interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas next month, and arranging a rendezvous with comet Apophis in 2029, as heard this week at the EPSC-DPS international planetary ...

A team of researchers, including those at the University of Tokyo, discovered that liquid water once flowed on the asteroid ...

If we slam an impactor into an asteroid in exactly the wrong spot, the space rock may pass through a "gravitational keyhole" that brings it to Earth.

Planetary science is a multifaceted field that investigates the origin, evolution and present‐day state of planets, moons and other bodies within our Solar System and beyond. By integrating ...

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

A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars. Led by NASA and featuring key ...