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Planetary Geology
Planetary Geology: a planetary science discipline concerned with the geology of the celestial bodies such as the planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteorites. Planetary geology includes such topics as determining the internal structure of the terrestrial planets, and also looks at planetary volcanism and surface processes such as impact craters, fluvial and aeolian processes. The structures of the giant planets and their moons are also examined, as is the make-up of the minor bodies of the solar system, such as asteroids, the Kuiper Belt, and comets.
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JAN 21, 2026Space & Astronomy
What processes are responsible for shaping Jupiter and Saturn’s polar weather? This is what a recent study publish ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 21, 2026Space & Astronomy
What effects can an exoplanet orbiting close to its star have on the former’s atmosphere? This is what a recent st ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 20, 2026Space & Astronomy
How could life exist on Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 15, 2026Space & Astronomy
How big can volcanic eruptions get on Jupiter’s moon, Io? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 07, 2026Space & Astronomy
How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a tea ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 06, 2026Space & Astronomy
How did Mars maintain surface liquid water billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in AGU Advances ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 11, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can a rocky molten exoplanet with an atmosphere teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 19, 2025Space & Astronomy
Where will future Artemis astronauts land on the lunar south pole? This is what a recent study published in The Planetar ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 30, 2025Space & Astronomy
How do moons form around gas giant planets? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters h ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 29, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and evo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 27, 2025Space & Astronomy
How many Earth-sized exoplanets orbit binary star systems (two-star systems)? This is what a recent study accepted by As ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 20, 2025Space & Astronomy
How can timing influence planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical J ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 20, 2025Space & Astronomy
Are researchers searching in the wrong locations on Mars to find ancient life? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 14, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can craters on Mars teach scientists about the Red Planet’s climate history? This is what a recent study publ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 07, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can sulfur in the Moon’s mantle teach scientists about the Moon’s formation and evolution? This is what ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 07, 2025Space & Astronomy
How fast can rogue planets grow? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to add ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 02, 2025Space & Astronomy
While the Moon’s near side and far side display different surfaces, could their interiors differ, as well? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 25, 2025Space & Astronomy
How many planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, exist throughout the Milky Way Galaxy? While that might ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 23, 2025Space & Astronomy
What type of impact created Mercury’s giant core and thin crust? This is what a recent study published in Nature A ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 22, 2025Space & Astronomy
Are Hycean exoplanets, which are a combination of hydrogen and a potential liquid water ocean, less common than previous ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 10, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can the presence of methane on a dwarf planet that orbits farther out than Pluto teach scientists about the formati ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 10, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can the plumes of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, teach scientists about the latter’s internal chemistry and ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 09, 2025Earth & The Environment
What is the speed and timing of the Earth’s inner core cooling? This is what a recent study published in Nature Co ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 09, 2025Space & Astronomy
Did the subsurface ocean on dwarf planet ceres once fuel potential habitability? This is what a recent study published i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 21, 2026
Space & Astronomy
What processes are responsible for shaping Jupiter and Saturn’s polar weather? This is what a recent study publish
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 21, 2026
Space & Astronomy
What effects can an exoplanet orbiting close to its star have on the former’s atmosphere? This is what a recent st
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 20, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How could life exist on Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 15, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How big can volcanic eruptions get on Jupiter’s moon, Io? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 07, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How are the most common types of planets made? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a tea
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 06, 2026
Space & Astronomy
How did Mars maintain surface liquid water billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in AGU Advances
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 11, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can a rocky molten exoplanet with an atmosphere teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 19, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Where will future Artemis astronauts land on the lunar south pole? This is what a recent study published in The Planetar
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 30, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How do moons form around gas giant planets? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters h
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 29, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and evo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 27, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How many Earth-sized exoplanets orbit binary star systems (two-star systems)? This is what a recent study accepted by As
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 20, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How can timing influence planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical J
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 20, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Are researchers searching in the wrong locations on Mars to find ancient life? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 14, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can craters on Mars teach scientists about the Red Planet’s climate history? This is what a recent study publ
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 07, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can sulfur in the Moon’s mantle teach scientists about the Moon’s formation and evolution? This is what
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 07, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How fast can rogue planets grow? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to add
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 02, 2025
Space & Astronomy
While the Moon’s near side and far side display different surfaces, could their interiors differ, as well? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 25, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How many planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, exist throughout the Milky Way Galaxy? While that might
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 23, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What type of impact created Mercury’s giant core and thin crust? This is what a recent study published in Nature A
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 22, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Are Hycean exoplanets, which are a combination of hydrogen and a potential liquid water ocean, less common than previous
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 10, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can the presence of methane on a dwarf planet that orbits farther out than Pluto teach scientists about the formati
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 10, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can the plumes of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, teach scientists about the latter’s internal chemistry and
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 09, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What is the speed and timing of the Earth’s inner core cooling? This is what a recent study published in Nature Co
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 09, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Did the subsurface ocean on dwarf planet ceres once fuel potential habitability? This is what a recent study published i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc