Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...
Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...
High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.
The gas giant WASP 121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...
Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...
To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...
The article humorously ranks planets based on wealth, characterizing Jupiter as the richest due to its massive size and ...
Solar scientists have found tiny, short-lived jets of energy on our sun to be the primary drivers of the solar wind, marking ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...
The four-planet lineup that began in January concludes by mid- to late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the ...
On all of the theories of the origin of the solar system that have here been described it is necessary that the planets should revolve in the same direction. On the Planetesimal Theory this would ...