Astronomers Reveal ‘Cataclysmic’ Collision Shaped Uranus’ Evolution
New research shows that Uranus was hit by a massive object roughly twice the size of Earth that caused the planet to tilt and could…
New research shows that Uranus was hit by a massive object roughly twice the size of Earth that caused the planet to tilt and could…
This image of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on the outbound leg of a close flyby of the gas-giant planet. Citizen…
A new study provides new clues indicating that an exoplanet – that is, a planet outside the Solar System – that is 500 light-years away…
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveal complex organic molecules originating from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, strengthening the idea that this ocean world hosts conditions suitable…
Look up above you. You might see a blue sky, clouds, the Moon, or stars. And while it might seem calm up there, the truth…
Sitting between Mars and Jupiter, the doughnut-shaped asteroid belt is packed full of rocky bodies and debris. Despite its fragmented, rubbly nature, the total mass…
In the last decade we have discovered thousands of planets outside our solar system and have learned that rocky, temperate worlds are numerous in our…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the most ambitious and complex space observatory ever built, will use its unparalleled infrared capabilities to study Jupiter’s Great Red…
This image captures swirling cloud belts and tumultuous vortices within Jupiter’s northern hemisphere. NASA’s Juno spacecraft took this color-enhanced image at 10:23 p.m. PDT on…
Before NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew through the Pluto system in July 2015, many New Horizons scientists expected Charon to be a monotonous, crater-battered world….
Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have analyzed data from K2, the follow-up mission to NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, and have discovered a trove of possible…
Sand dunes often accumulate in the floors of craters. In this region of Lyot Crater, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows a field of classic…
A storm of tiny dust particles has engulfed much of Mars over the last two weeks and prompted NASA’s Opportunity rover to suspend science operations….
Explosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock, and gas skyward are the likely source of a mysterious Martian rock formation, a new…
Each exoplanet revolves around a star, like the Earth around the Sun. This is why it is generally impossible to obtain images of an exoplanet,…
This image captures the intensity of the jets and vortices in Jupiter’s North North Temperate Belt. NASA’s Juno spacecraft took this color-enhanced image at 10:31…
This HiRISE image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures a new, dated (within about a decade) impact crater that triggered a slope streak. When…
We’ve all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking on other moons? In a paper published Wednesday (June 13)…