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Planet

An illustration of a protoplanet crashing into Jupiter
Science
Protoplanet smackdown may explain Jupiter’s core makeup
Moonrise from aboard the International Space Station, August 3, 2017.
Science
What happened to the moon’s magnetic field?
An artist’s concept of a planetary system discovered by Kepler, called KOI-961.
Science
Kepler turns up a trove of new exoplanets
Plate tectonics illustration.
Science
Before plate tectonics, the Earth may have been covered by one giant shell
An artist’s rendering of the surface of exoplanet TRAPPIST-1.
Science
The scientific community is still buzzing about discovery of seven Earth-sized exoplanets
An artist's rendering of a habitable moon orbiting a gas giant planet.
Science
Life beyond Earth? The best bet may be on moons, not planets
An artist's rendering if Kepler 186f, a world extremely similar to Kepler 438b, an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting an M-class dwarf star in the habitable zone.
Science
Up close, ‘Earth-like’ planets are still wildly unfamiliar worlds
NASA scientist speaks at COSAT
Development & Education
School Year Blog: South African students meet a NASA scientist
NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft Will Never Search for Planets Again
Environment
MIT professor explores planets for signs of life
Environment
VIDEO: New planet, possibly habitable, discovered by NASA scientists
Environment
The rise and fall of Pluto
Environment
A Blue Planet with Molten Glass Rain and Supersonic Winds
A Planet Made of Diamonds
Transit of Venus Visible in Today’s Sky
Arts, Culture & Media
Observing the Transit of Venus: Past and Present
Neil deGrasse Tyson on New Earth-Like Planet and Black Holes
Environment
Planetary Super Storm
Environment
NASA’s Mercury Messenger Finds Clues to Planet’s Origins
Environment
New Study Says Plants on Distant Planets May Be Black
Geo Quiz
Small planet
Nature Writing No More
Other Planets Like Earth
The Pluto Files
Searching for Life on the Red Planet
Cosmic Quandaries
Celestial Update
Alien Planets
Planetary Traffic Jam
Solar System Model
Environment
Are we really alone in the universe?
Environment
Light years away: the discovery of ‘exo-planets’
Environment
Kepler is on the hunt for planets like Earth
Arts, Culture & Media
The former planet formerly known as Pluto
Environment
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Bach on Mars
Environment
Asteroid from the past