What is Space Science?

Space Science includes but is not limited to, Science performed from vehicles that travel into Earth's Upper Atmosphere and or beyond, in addition it covers a broad range of disciplines, from Meteorology, Geology, Lunar, Solar, Planetary Science, Earth Science, Exoplanets, Cosmology, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Particle Physics / High Energy Physics (HEP), Astronomy, Astrophysics, Life Sciences, etc.

Earth Science and Space Science (ESS)

Earth Science and Space Sciences (ESS) investigate processes that operate on Earth and also address its place in the Solar System and the Galaxy. Thus ESS involve phenomena that range in scale from the unimaginably large to the invisibly small. Earth Science and Space Sciences have much in common with the other branches of Science, but they also include a unique set of Scientific pursuits. Inquiries into the Physical Sciences (e.g., Forces, Energy, Gravity, Magnetism) were pursued in part as a means of understanding the size, age, structure, composition, and behavior of Earth, the Sun, and the Moon;Physics and Chemistry later developed as separate disciplines. The Life Sciences likewise are partially rooted in Earth Science, as Earth remains the only example of a Biologically Active Planet, and the Fossils found in the Geological Record of rocks are of interest to both Life Scientists and Earth Scientists. As a result, the majority of research in ESS is inter- disciplinary in nature and falls under the categories of astrophysics, geophysics, geochemistry, and Geobiology. However, the underlying traditional discipline of Geology, involving the identification, analysis, and mapping of rocks, remains a cornerstone of ESS.