NASA may not be able to move forward three planned Venus missions as budget pressures force difficult trade-offs across its ...

The findings were published March 20 in the journal AGU Advances and were based on data recorded by Juno in 2021 and 2022, ...

We are in an era where planetary science no longer depends on government missions. Commercial capabilities are mature and ready to deliver a higher cadence of planetary exploration that fits within ...

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin Questions in the natural sciences. Recently, China officially launched its Mars ...

The Solar System is a weird place filled with incredible physics and geological oddities that often break down in human terms ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- First motion is almost always a big event in the world of space exploration. Whether the first motion is of a wheel beginning to rotate or a rocket lifting off the pad, first motion ...

Introduction: NASA's solar system exploration paradigm : the first fifty years and a look at the next fifty / James L. Green and Kristen J. Erickson -- Part I. Overview. Exploring the Solar System : ...

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 ...

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 ...

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I’m a planetary scientist who was born the year of Sputnik’s launch. Over the course of my 40-year career, I’ve witnessed not one but at least five separate revolutions that fundamentally transformed ...