The study of planetary geology focuses on understanding the composition, structure, and processes that shape celestial bodies. Ceres and Vesta, two prominent bodies in the asteroid belt ...

Lunar geologist Zachary Morse scrabbles over Earth's rocky landscapes to test equipment for future missions to the Moon and ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Last summer, top executives from the American and European Space Agencies, NASA and ESA respectively, arrived ...

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with two people – a planetary scientist who studies the geology of the Moon, and a space lawyer who studies space policy and geopolitics – about ...

Geology is broadly the study of the Earth and other planets, moons, and smaller planetary bodies. Fields of geology range from the initial formation and differentiation of the Earth to modern ...

The space agency's planetary science analysis groups must pause while NASA checks if they comply with Trump's orders.

There are two types of volcanoes: those that go boom and those that don’t go boom. I study the volcanoes that don’t go boom (mostly). I am a volcanologist and planetary geologist fascinated by the ...

A Mars image shows a strange square formation. Some think it's artificial, but experts suggest natural causes.

According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to the bottom of whether Pluto is a planet, I tracked down planetary scientist ...

"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact." ...

Two gargantuan canyons on the moon were carved by a hailstorm of rocks — and that’s good news for future lunar astronauts.