WASHINGTON — A new decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies scientific priorities and opportunities and makes funding recommendations to maximize ...

The Panel on Giant Planet Systems is one of six panels providing topical input to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey Steering Group. This panel will discuss the role played by ...

Over recent decades, human exploration of planetary bodies has evolved into a complex, multidisciplinary endeavour that combines human ingenuity with advanced technology. Pioneering missions have ...

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while ...

With Protoplanet, Nasa veteran Siddharth Pandey is building the R&D infrastructure Isro needs to bridge the gap between Earth ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission is being held up as a test case for a new era of cheaper planetary science, one where small ...

NASA released Sept. 21 an image of Neptune taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, showing storms in the planet's atmosphere and its ring system. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI HELSINKI — Scientists ...

Robotic missions have significantly advanced our understanding of Mars' past climate and geology. Analysis of Martian rocks reveals evidence of past water and potentially organic compounds. A Mars ...

This year's Lunar Planetary Science Conference (2025 LPSC) saw some truly astounding presentations and proposals. These covered a wide range of science and exploration missions that address the ...

What new technologies or methods can be developed for more efficient in-situ planetary subsurface analyses? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ...

Homer Newell and the Origins of Planetary Science in the United States -- The Survival Crisis of the US Solar System Exploration Program in the 1980s -- Faster, Better, Cheaper: A Sociotechnical ...