A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...

An expert in planetary physics and colossal collisions, Johnson has studied almost every major planetary body in the solar system. Scientists have long debated the thickness of Europa's ice shell; no ...

A rocky exoplanet in the LHS 1903 system defies planet formation models, hinting that gravitational upheaval reshaped the red dwarf’s four worlds.

A global team of astronomers, led by the University of Warwick, have used a European Space Agency (ESA) telescope to discover ...

The fourth planet in the system is a rocky world, while the second and third ones are gas planets.

An inside-out planetary system around the star LHS 1903 is turning everything that astronomers know about planet formation upside down.

Earth as we know it offers majestic trees, meandering streams, and rolling hills. Yet below the Earth's surface, forces and elements like intense pressure and scalding magma simmer and stew—and make ...

Thomas White is an associate professor in the Department of Physics, and he’s interested in learning about what’s on the inside of planets and the states of matter it exists in. “The easiest question ...

A children’s science fair brought families to campus last Thursday evening for interactive demonstrations and outreach led by MSU science departments and community organizations.

This post features biographies and notable quotes from oral history interviews with planetary geophysicist Lynnae Quick, ...