Browsing: Planetary

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…

Our planet is sick, and its life-threatening symptoms are getting worse, a new report warns.Earth has been pushed past multiple physical and chemical boundaries crucial for…

Adoption of a plant-rich “planetary health diet” could prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world, according to a landmark report.The diet – which allows…

Welcome back to Pandora. There’s a lot going on these days on the lush forest moon of bioluminescent ferns and giant blue space cats. We’ve had…

A planetary scientist whose research revealed the possibility of extraterrestrial life on one of Saturn’s moons has been made the first female astronomer royal.Prof Michele Dougherty,…