planetary

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The Kent Kresa Space Gallery will feature a wide array of spacecraft, planetary probes, telescopes and more.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

To better understand these findings, researchers Simon Muller and Ravit Helled at the University of Zurich used advanced models of planetary interiors.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

The Moon will appear to the astronauts "about the size of a basketball held at arm's length," Noah Petro, head of NASA's planetary geology lab, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Part of the museum’s expansive textile collection, Rosalena’s 27-foot-long tapestry is woven with hand-weaving patterns using satellite images the artist distorted from planetary terrains from Mars and Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Is there any danger of driving the environment of the Earth toward the planetary Hell of Venus or the global ice age of Mars?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan