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By mapping the Butterfly Star’s protoplanetary disk in such detail, astronomers are piecing together one of the most important puzzles in planetary science.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
The budget especially slashed the budget of the Science Mission Directorate — which includes Earth sciences, heliophysics, astrophysics, and planetary science — by a whopping 47%.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Wadhwa went on to receive a doctorate in Earth and planetary sciences from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology from Panjab University in Chandigarh, India.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Scientists still debate what drove the Cambrian explosion, but the most popular theory is that oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere slowly began to increase about 550 million years ago, said Erik Sperling, an associate professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Stanford University.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
The budget especially slashed the budget of the Science Mission Directorate — which includes Earth sciences, heliophysics, astrophysics, and planetary science — by a whopping 47%.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Wadhwa went on to receive a doctorate in Earth and planetary sciences from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology from Panjab University in Chandigarh, India.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Scientists still debate what drove the Cambrian explosion, but the most popular theory is that oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere slowly began to increase about 550 million years ago, said Erik Sperling, an associate professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Stanford University.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
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“Planetary science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planetary%20science. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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