Future Planetary Exploration

Conceptual design for an asteroid capture and retrieval spacecraft.   Credit: Rick Sternbach/Keck Institute for Space Studies Av...

At the end of March, planetary scientists will gather for the 44 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.   This is one of the top sci...

By July 1, a group of scientists will define the goals of the rover NASA will launch in 2020 to Mars.  The rover will be a near twin of th...

Artist conception of the JUICE spacecraft encountering Europa.  Credit: ESA/AOES The European Space Agency (ESA) announced the list ...

Imagine you had a Hubble-class telescope and could use in any way you wanted to explore planets.  What would you do with it? A number ...