Planetary Science

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Big Bang Power Shuffle Keeps Voyager 2 Sending Science

A reallocation of heaters and lower‑power devices frees enough electricity to run three instruments for at least another year.

NASA Says Commercial Landers Clear Key Tests Toward South‑Pole Moon Base

NASA Opens Flight Dynamics Research Facility at Langley

Study Finds Fine Chicxulub Dust Could Have Charbroiled Unsheltered Life Within Hours

Psyche Releases Mars Flyby Time-Lapse After Successful Instrument Tests

Astronomers Detect Escaping Helium That Indicates an Atmosphere on Nearby Super‑Earth LHS 1140 b

Hillsborough Meteorite Yields Salt Evidence and a Rich Suite of Amino Acids

Viking 1 at 50 Reignites Mars Life Debate and Shapes Next Missions

Psyche Flyby of Mars Confirms Trajectory Toward 2029 Rendezvous

Hillsborough Meteorite Yields Salty Brines and Rich Organic Mix

Helium Detection Confirms Atmosphere on Rocky Habitable‑Zone Planet LHS 1140 b

Astronomers Detect Atmosphere on Rocky Habitable‑Zone Planet LHS 1140 b

Study Identifies Chicxulub Impactor as Rare CO Carbonaceous Chondrite

Rare Hillsborough Meteorite Shows Salty Brines and Diverse Amino Acids

Study Finds Strong Evidence That Rocky Exoplanet LHS 1140b Retains an Atmosphere

Nearby Super‑Earth GJ 3378b Confirmed in Red Dwarf Habitable Zone

MOMA Chiral Test Validated and Meteorite Study Reveals Petroleum Contamination Risk

Tianwen‑2 Reaches Kamoʻoalewa and Delivers First Close Images

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Found to Be Older Than the Sun

Hayabusa2 Completes Close Flyby of Asteroid Torifune