The current exoplanet census contains 5,832 confirmed candidates, with more than 7,500 still awaiting confirmation. Of those that have been confirmed, most have been gas giants ranging from ...
As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...
This week sees a special stargazing event, as as up to six planets will be visible in a line in the night sky.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has uncovered an immense volcanic hot spot on Jupiter’s moon Io, surpassing any previously recorded ...
The acid yellow moon Io that orbits Jupiter may be less than 30% the size of Earth, but is considered the most volcanic body ...
NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...
Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...
"This is the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our solar system — so that's really ...
Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system ...
Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose.
2025 is set to be an amazing year of space missions as many moon landings are planned and significant test launches.
Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense ...