A pair of planetary scientists at the University of California, working with a colleague from the California Institute of ...

Jovian storms can rework the whole chemical makeup of Jupiter's deep atmosphere by picking up ammonia from and dropping it ...

A newly found super-Earth could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets twice the diameter of Earth.

Even gargantuan Jupiter, with its whirling superstorms and volatile temperatures, has a soft side. A team of researchers ...

All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't ...

Lego opened a $1 billion factory in Vietnam it says will make toys without adding planet-warming gas to the atmosphere by ...

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.

Multiple plans exist to explore Mars in the coming decades using robotic and crewed missions. The ultimate goal of these ...

The star’s flares are much more violent than previously thought, the researchers say, potentially obliterating the planet’s air. Not having an atmosphere, which traps important gases like ...

NASA has discovered a new world, named Gliese 12 b. It is roughly the size of Earth, lies in the habitable zone, and orbits every 12.8 days.

Jupiter’s skies can glow with lights more intense than anything on Earth. Its polar auroras shine when charged particles ...