The Planetary Geology Department studies the solid surfaces of planets, moons, and small bodies in the solar system. Geological mapping as well as morphological and spectral analyses provide a record ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

"It’s a gold mine... a treasure chest," Brown University professor of planetary geosciences James Head told CNN. "International scientists are totally excited about the mission." More on the ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

Lake Salda, in southwestern Turkey, bears a close resemblance to Mars' Jezero crater, which is currently being sampled by ...

In an article published in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, an international team of researchers describes the ... New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the ...