IntroductionNice to meet you.I took the graduate entrance exam for the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the ...

An astrophysicist reveals why Japan's new mission could reveal the secrets of the Solar System ...

Planetary science is the study of the celestial bodies that orbit stars, with a particular focus on our own solar system. This includes studying the formation and evolution of planets, the moons and ...

For most of human history, planetary systems were a sample size of one. Ours. Then people learned about Mercury, Venus, Mars, ...

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 ...

Three Rice faculty members from the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences have recently been honored with ...

By indirectly probing the depths of Uranus and Neptune's atmospheres, an international team of scientists has revealed a significant contrast in their chemical composition. Neptune appears to be more ...

In 2024, The Planetary Society championed the importance of space science and exploration through advocacy, outreach, science, and global collaboration. The following impact report highlights the key ...

The severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms in the planetary science community is greater than in the general U.S. population, according to a study led by a University of Hawai'i at Mānoa ...

Costello, a research scientist and affiliate graduate faculty in the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology at the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), will ...

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 ...