Highlighting advances in planetary science over the past 20 years
As of December 2021, a total of 252 planetary probes have been launched around the world.
Planetary Sciences
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News tagged with planetary atmosphere
How can we know if we're looking at habitable exo-Earths or hellish exo-Venuses?
The differences between Earth and Venus are obvious to us. One is radiant with life and adorned with glittering seas, and the other is a scorching, glowering hellhole, its volcanic surface shrouded by thick clouds and visible ...
Astronomy
Feb 3, 2023
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Webb unveils dark side of pre-stellar ice chemistry
The discovery of diverse ices in the darkest regions of a cold molecular cloud measured to date has been announced by an international team of astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. This result allows astronomers ...
Astronomy
Jan 23, 2023
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VLA and ALMA study Jupiter and Io
While the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) frequently reveal important new facts about objects far beyond our own Milky Way Galaxy—at ...
Astronomy
Dec 13, 2022
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James Webb Space Telescope uncovers chemical secrets of distant world—paving the way for studying Earth-like planets
Since the first planet orbiting a star other than the sun was discovered in 1995, we have realized that planets and planetary systems are more diverse than we ever imagined. Such distant worlds—exoplanets—give us the ...
Astronomy
Nov 27, 2022
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Martian dust storms churn up Earth-like clouds
ESA's Mars Express has revealed that Mars churns up surprisingly Earth-like cloud patterns that are reminiscent of those in our planet's tropical regions.
Planetary Sciences
Nov 16, 2022
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Airborne chemical sends unmistakable biological signal, may show evidence of life on other planets
Broccoli, along with other plants and microorganisms, emit gases to help them expel toxins. Scientists believe these gases could provide compelling evidence of life on other planets.
Astrobiology
Oct 11, 2022
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Surprising details leap out in sharp new James Webb Space Telescope images of Jupiter
The latest images of Jupiter from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are stunners.
Astronomy
Aug 22, 2022
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Brightest stars in the night sky can strip Neptune-sized planets to their rocky cores
Over the last 25 years, astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around stars in our galaxy, but more than 99% of them orbit smaller stars—from red dwarfs to stars slightly more massive than our sun, which is considered ...
Astronomy
Aug 12, 2022
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NASA helps decipher how some distant planets have clouds of sand
Most clouds on Earth are made of water, but beyond our planet they come in many chemical varieties. The top of Jupiter's atmosphere, for example, is blanketed in yellow-hued clouds made of ammonia and ammonium hydrosulfide. ...
Astronomy
Jul 7, 2022
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