Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global ...

NASA is quietly ending financial support for independent planetary science advisory groups, according to a letter posted to the agency’s website on January 16. The affected groups have historically ...

May 11, 2023, Mountain View, CA – A team of scientists and engineers from the SETI Institute, Impossible Sensing, NASA JPL, and other institutions will test their innovative robotic laser system on a ...

(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 ...

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 ...

NASA is ending financial support for several planetary science groups as part of a broader drawdown of the agency’s advisory ...

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 ...

Pt. 1. The golden age, 1957-1982. The beginning -- Of landers and orbiters -- The grandest tour -- Pt. 2. Hiatus and renewal, 1983-1996. The decade of Halley -- The era of flagships -- Faster, cheaper ...

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 ...

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 : ...