Curiosity stitched 291 Mastcam photos into a color-balanced 360° panorama of Gale Crater’s “boxwork” ridges—spiderweb-like…
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.
Sharper views of 78 infant-star disks in the Ophiuchus cloud reveal crisp rings and spirals—gravitational…
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently battled a difficult Mars rock nicknamed “Kenmore.” Using powerful tools like…
NASA’s Curiosity has uncovered a vast lattice of mineral “boxwork” ridges on Mount Sharp, evidence…
Pluto’s haze is real, its atmosphere is wild, and its moon is stealing its breath—literally.…
First Image Ever Taken of Exoplanet in Extremely Misaligned System NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope…
Mars, once rich with flowing water, is back in the spotlight thanks to new advances…
A tiny star just one-fifth the mass of our Sun has shocked astronomers by hosting…
NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has captured a breathtaking new view of the massive volcano…
Astronomers have discovered one of the weirdest planetary systems yet: a possible planet, 2M1510 b,…
What if we could turn Mars into a second Earth? A group of scientists is…
Once home to oceans, rivers, and lakes, Mars was a much wetter world billions of…
Scientists recently spotted a molecule on a far-off planet they thought might signal life. But…
Jupiter may have once been more than twice its current size, with a magnetic field…
Curiosity arrived at a ridge-rich site that might be Mars’ version of a boxwork structure,…
NASA’s Perseverance rover has reached a scientifically thrilling region on Mars called Krokodillen, where some…
Jupiter wasn’t always the planet we know today—it was once twice as big, had a…
New research reveals that Venus may still be geologically alive, with massive circular features pointing…