At the south pole of Jupiter lurks a striking sight—even for a gas giant planet…
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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.
The violent events leading up to the death of a star would likely drive away…
Turbulent Storms Rage Across The Giant Planet More massive than all the other planets combined,…
An international team of researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus,…
Update (January 28, 2021): New research indicates it was ordinary sulfur dioxide that was detected,…
With its single proton orbited by a single electron, the hydrogen atom is arguably the…
As missions like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, TESS, and Kepler continue to provide insights into…
The gravitational push and pull by Jupiter’s moons could account for more warming than the…
NASA’s InSight mission provides data from the surface of Mars. Its seismometer, equipped with electronics…
Enstatite chondrite meteorites, once considered ‘dry,’ contain enough water to fill the oceans — and…
A new study from The University of Texas at Austin is helping scientists piece together…
Upcoming NASA mission will search for planets in the Milky Way without their own sun.…
Data from NASA’s recent Dawn mission answers two long-unresolved questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres,…
By reconstructing on a small scale the physical processes that take place within ice giant…
Using data from NASA’s InSight Lander on Mars, Rice University seismologists have made the first…
One has a thick poisonous atmosphere, one has hardly any atmosphere at all, and one…
Water is a key substance in the meteorology of planets and is believed to play…
Berkeley Lab scientists contribute to study exploring magnetization preserved for billions of years in meteorite…