Planetary Science

The James Webb Space Telescope is opening an exciting new chapter in the study of exoplanets and the search for life beyond Earth

Laser beams could be used to deflect lightning strikes from vulnerable places such as airports and wind farms

A mass of moving material on Mars called a mantle plume may be causing marsquakes and volcanism

A trial of how government, NASA and local officials would deal with a space rock headed toward Earth revealed gaps in the plans

As the InSight lander reports the largest-ever meteorite strikes on Mars, scientists wish it a fond farewell

An organism nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” may have what it takes to live on Mars

NASA’s EMIT instrument has found more than 50 methane super emitters in its first few months of operation—and that’s not even its main job

Fresh data from the Juno probe’s flyby of Europa could help scientists learn whether this icy moon of Jupiter is habitable—or even inhabited

NASA confirms that its DART spacecraft nudged the asteroid Dimorphos into a new orbit

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The celestial crash between NASA’s DART spacecraft and the asteroid Dimorphos is yielding spectacular pictures and data

Radar images from the Zhurong rover reveal clues to the history of a largely unexplored region