This second edition of a now classic reference is brought up to date with fascinating new discoveries from 12 recent Solar System missions ... in planetary science. A website hosted by the author ...

Every chapter describes the key steps that led towards our current understanding of our Solar System, but also reflects on what these steps can tell us about how science in general works. The book, ...

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York University professors John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson allow you to imagine yourself as an astronaut in the solar ...

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Robin George Andrews is a freelance science journalist based in London. His work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Atlas Obscura, and more. He ...

Pocock, who has worked on the JWST, catalogues the science behind its most stunning images in her new book, Webb's Universe. Here's her pick of the telescope’s best shots ...

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The technology-demonstrating Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has a bent boom in Earth orbit, but NASA says it shouldn't ...