planetary science

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The budget request proposes pulling some funding from Perseverance to fund other planetary science missions and reducing “the pace of operations” for the rover.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

"This is a novel idea in planetary science, inspired by a well-understood idea in Earth science," said Austin Green, lead author and postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

He then collaborated with experts in planetary science and geology from the UK and the USA to analyze the evidence.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

She did the study's work as a doctoral student at the University of Colorado Boulder, and has since moved to the California Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral scholar and research associate in planetary science.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

Not only did Ayana work in planetary science, but she also had really cool hair braided in a complicated pattern with beads on the ends.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas