A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history could have delivered a major share of Earth's water. A new study by Universities Space Research ...

A recent study by geophysicists at Washington State University offers insight into how nutrients may reach the subsurface ...

Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

Gold has long been regarded as one of the most chemically inert elements, a stable constant in both scientific ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

NASA says it is “very unlikely” the agency will be able to recover a Mars spacecraft that has been out of contact for more ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS) provides ...

This study will describe how international and national planetary protection policy has been formulated and adopted and identify associated lessons to inform future policy development. The National ...

After studying thousands of computer simulations of the solar system, researchers at Rice University and the Planetary Science Institute think there’s a 40% chance an elusive “Planet Nine” or “Planet ...

In the 2025-2026 academic year, the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences is conducting two searches for new faculty: one for a tenure-track position in any area of astrophysical and ...