Welcome to the Planetary Systems Laboratory at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. We are located in Greenbelt, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC, in NASA's first science center, where our scientists are part of the world's largest Earth and space science research organization. These pages
will introduce you to our work exploring the bodies of our solar system and planets around other stars. You will find information about our research and instrument work, along with scientific data and links to original publications.
Saturn's giant moon Titan hides inside a thick, smoggy atmosphere that cranks out methane and other hydrocarbons like a factory. New NASA-funded research estimates how long this chemical factory has been operating.
Direct observations linking the tidal pull of Saturn to jets on the moon Enceladus are among the highlights discussed at the 2012 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
New movies of Jupiter are the first to catch an invisible wave shaking up one of the giant planet's jet streams, an interaction that also takes place in Earth's atmosphere.
The CIRS instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft records the temperature record of Titan, just one highlight of the shifting environment at Saturn's intriguing moon Titan.
The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS; Dennis Reuter, Instrument Scientist) for NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission was delivered to Orbital Sciences Corp.
Researchers in the Planetary Systems Laboratory place special emphasis on study of the atmospheres of solar system bodies based on observations in the infrared spectral region. They investigate atmospheric physical processes in a broad context by comparing Earth's atmosphere to those of other planets. In addition, the Laboratory specializes in the design of novel optical and infrared instruments and detectors.
Scientists and Staff
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Contact Us
Judith E Banister
301.286.7215
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General inquiries about the scientific programs at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center may be directed to the Office of Public Affairs at 1.301.286.8955.
