Planets
Three Things to Know About Europe's New Exoplanet Space Telescope
CHEOPS is the first exoplanet satellite devoted specifically to learning more about the thousands of planets we have already found
A Spacecraft Will Follow NASA's Asteroid-Smashing Mission to Measure the Effects of the Impact
The European Space Agency's Hera mission will collect data after NASA's DART mission impacts the asteroid Didymos B
Jupiter's Great Red Spot May Not Be Dying Out Just Yet
Earlier this year, the spot appeared to be losing big chunks, but new research suggests it was gobbling up a smaller storm
First Global Map of Saturn's Moon Titan Reveals Secrets of Earth's 'Deranged' Twin
The map showcases the planet's flat plains, sand dunes, hilly terrain and lakes full of liquid methane
See Mars’s Eerie Horizon in New Images From Curiosity Rover
Gale Crater—where the image was captured—was likely covered with lakes and rivers of liquid water around three billion years ago, scientists suggest
To Find Baby Planets, Researchers Chase Waterfalls of Gas
Analysis of data from the ALMA telescope shows gas flows from the surface to middle of protoplanetary discs as new planets form
What Astronomers Can Learn From Hot Jupiters, the Scorching Giant Planets of the Galaxy
Many of the planets that are roughly the size of Jupiter orbit right next to their stars, burning at thousands of degrees
Venus Could Have Been Habitable for Billions of Years
New simulations show the planet could have maintained moderate temperatures and liquid water until 700 million years ago
Water Vapor Detected in the Atmosphere of an Exoplanet in the Habitable Zone
The planet K2-18b, about 110 light-years away, could have swirling clouds and falling rains of liquid water droplets
Dragonfly Spacecraft to Scour the Sands of Titan for the Chemistry of Life
The NASA rotorcraft, resembling a large quadcopter drone, will fly through the orange clouds of the ocean moon in the outer solar system
Searching for the Key to Life's Beginnings
From exoplanets to chemical reactions, scientists inch closer to solving the great mystery of how life forms from inanimate matter
First Moon-Forming Disk Detected Swirling Around an Exoplanet
Telescope observations suggest that a cloud of gas and dust around a planet 370 light-years away may be coalescing into planet-sized moons
NASA’s Dragonfly Mission Will Fly Through the Clouds of Titan, Saturn’s Biggest Moon
Over the course of its initial 2.7-year mission exploring Titan, the dual-quadcopter will fly a combined total of more than 108 miles
Astronomers Snap a Rare Picture of Two Baby Planets
The Very Large Telescope imaged Planets PDS 70b and PDS 70c about 370 light years away creating a gap in the gas and dust disk around their star
One-Third of Exoplanets Could Be Water Worlds With Oceans Hundreds of Miles Deep
A new statistical analysis suggests seas hundreds of miles deep cover up to 35 percent of distant worlds
NASA Detects First 'Marsquake'
A 2 to 2.5 magnitude quake on the Red Planet is the first seismic activity detected outside the Earth and the Moon
What the Obsolete Art of Mapping the Skies on Glass Plates Can Still Teach Us
The first pictures of the sky were taken on glass photographic plates, and these treasured artifacts can still help scientists make discoveries today
The Largest Unnamed Object in the Solar System Needs a Title—and You Can Help
2007 OR10 needs a snazzier moniker; the public can now choose between ‘Gonggong,’ ‘Holle’ and ‘Vili’
Raging Rivers May Have Washed Over Mars for Billions of Years
A study of 200 river systems shows the waterways persisted even while the atmosphere was disappearing and the Red Planet was drying up
There's a Dark and Stormy Vortex Brewing on Neptune
It is the sixth massive dark and stormy vortex found on the planet since 1989 and the only one astronomers have watched develop
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