Dr. Pascal Lee is a planetary scientist with the SETI Institute, Mars Institute and NASA Ames Research Center in California. He also is a professor of planetary sciences at Kepler Space University.

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing collision ...

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Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

The space agency's planetary science analysis groups must pause while NASA checks if they comply with Trump's orders. NASA has ordered a pause on all work by key planetary and astrophysics science ...

which has baffled scientists since it was discovered in the 1970s. Six planets grace the sky this month in what's known as a planetary parade, and most can be seen with the naked eye ...

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered. At the same time ...

Olivas was demonstrating an art technique from Japan called suminagashi for a room of planetary scientists, astrobiologists and educators participating in a professional development workshop at the ...

Scientists believe that such an event could explain the changes in Solar System planetary orbits, including the moderate eccentricities and inclinations observed today. The team also called for ...