planets
![Caleb Keaveney with models of the Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter.](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_1915.jpg)
Sciences Student Caleb Keaveney Selected as a 2022 Astronaut Scholar
![Ashley Crickard on the left and Caleb Keaveney on the right](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/goldwater-winners.jpg)
Sciences Student Caleb Keaveney Receives Goldwater Scholarship
![Venus](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/02-nuwa-campus-v.1.jpg)
‘Pack Ice’ Tectonics Reveal Venus’ Geological Secrets
![Venus](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hiresvenus1500.jpg)
NASA Is Returning to Venus to Learn How It Became a Hot Poisonous Wasteland
![Venus](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/3feature1600x900venus.jpg)
Why Phosphine in Venus’ Clouds Is a Big Deal
![Simulated view of Venus](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/venusbyrne.jpg)
Venus’ Ancient Layered, Folded Rocks Point to Volcanic Origin
![Paul Byrne, associate professor of planetary science, talks about planets of Star Wars](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Paul-Byrne-1.jpg)
How Real Are the Star Wars Planets?
![Caloris Basin on Mercury](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/mercury-caloris-1.jpg)
Mercury’s Volcanic Activity — or Lack of It — Could Help Us Find Other Earth-like Worlds
![a rocky plain with a star rising above the horizon](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/byrne-proxima-b-surface-eso-m.-kornmesser.jpg)
The Uncertainty of Detecting Planets
![Jim Prim and George Prude pose in the Gemini Trainer used in the Apollo 11 mission.](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/moon-landing-training-nc-state.jpg)