New observations from Akatsuki, a robotic spacecraft launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2010 to orbit Venus, have revealed an...
NASA’s Cassini robotic orbiter captured this view of Saturn’s north polar vortex on April 26, 2017, the day it began its Grand Finale, a daring series...
A new experiment at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory reveals how large diamonds may be formed from just hydrogen and carbon in the deep interior of...
NASA’s Cassini mission has shared an amazing close-up portrait of Saturn taken from the Cassini robotic probe.
This is a false color image of Saturn,...
Dr. Rory Barnes, an assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrobiology Program at the University of Washington, arrived at this finding...
An unusually bright storm system nearly the size of Earth has been spotted in the atmosphere of Neptune, baffling researchers because it is located near...
A stunning new image of Jupiter captured by NASA’s Juno robotic orbiter shows a huge storm called the North North Temperate Little Red Spot 1 (NN-LRS-1),...
NASA’s Juno spacecraft took this stunning photo of Jupiter’s most distinctive feature, its Great Red Spot, from orbit.
This true color image of Jupiter’s...
According to new research from NASA scientists, Proxima b may not be able to keep a grip on its atmosphere, leaving the surface exposed to harmful radiation.
This...
A team of researchers led by JAXA’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Science has discovered unexpected patterns of slow motion and stationary waves...
New research from Monash University and the University of Queensland has added a new dimension to understanding life on the Red Planet with the discovery...
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has provided planetary researchers the first close-up views of Jupiter’s mysterious, roiling storm called the Great Red Spot.
This...
High-resolution imaging of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot by the Subaru Telescope and the Gemini North telescope, both on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea peak, is...
A new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics suggests that the magnetosphere of the ice giant Uranus gets flipped on and...
An unknown Mars-to-Earth-mass planet may lurk in the outer reaches of the Solar System, according to new research on the orbits of minor planets to be...
Astronomers have classified extrasolar planets in the same way that biologists identify new species and have learned that the majority of planets found...
The gas giant Jupiter is not only the most massive planet in our Solar System, but it’s also the oldest, according to an international team of planetary...
