A research team, utilizing the James Webb Space Telescope, has discovered that increased CO2 levels…
Browsing: Planets
Planets are celestial bodies that orbit stars, formed from the gas and dust of young solar systems. They come in a wide variety—from rocky worlds like Earth and Mars to gas giants like Jupiter and ice giants like Neptune. Studying planets helps scientists understand how solar systems form and evolve, including the conditions that might support life. This field includes both planets in our own solar system and exoplanets, planets orbiting stars beyond the Sun, discovered by powerful telescopes and space missions. This page features the latest research and discoveries about planets, their atmospheres, surfaces, and potential habitability.
New research suggests that large remnants of Theia, a Mars-sized object that collided with Earth…
“The Holy Grail of astrobiology” – New machine learning technique can determine whether a sample is…
The contrast between the James Webb Space Telescope’s observations and those of the Spitzer Space…
ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has discovered a green nightglow in the Martian atmosphere, providing…
Saturn’s rings, now visible, will seem to disappear in 2025 due to a regular astronomical…
A Lancaster University PhD student has measured the optical depth of Saturn’s rings using a…
New research offers a theory on how gold, platinum, and other precious metals found their…
The detection of ammonia isotopologues in a brown dwarf by the James Webb Space Telescope…
Drifting Pebbles Deliver Water to the Inner Regions of Planet-Forming Disks How are planets born?…
The finding offers deeper insights into the long-debated internal structure of the gas giant. Gravity…
The TRISAT-R CubeSat, equipped with a tiny camera, captured a unique image of Earth from…
Scientists have found that Earth’s deep mantle may hold pieces of the ancient planet Theia,…
Simulations produced by a Brown-led research team offer evidence that Venus once had plate tectonics…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope provides a new ultraviolet image of Jupiter during its opposition, revealing…
The James Webb Space Telescope discovered a previously unseen jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Similar…
NASA’s Kepler telescope data has unveiled a new system called Kepler-385 with seven hot, large…
New NASA InSight research reveals a liquid silicate ‘blanket’ wrapped around Mars’ core, leading to…