Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...

These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

The more scientists studied Jupiter, the less it resembled a simple gas giant. Beneath its clouds lies extreme pressure, ...

To reach Uranus is to journey into the absolute unknown. Situated in the deep freeze of the outer Solar System, nearly 3 billion kilometers from the Sun, this Ice Giant is a world of paradoxes. It is ...

Jupiter and Saturn's different polar storms reveal clues about planet interiors: Saturn has harder bottom than Jupiter.

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts electricity. This unusual form is believed to shape the magnetic fields of ...

Astronomers have now observed four baby planets in the V1298 Tau system as they transition from gas giants to super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. Credit: UCLA. Astronomers have cataloged thousands of ...

Astronomers may have uncovered a massive hidden planet far beyond Neptune, using decades-old infrared data. The object’s faint signal and strange motion suggest something big is lurking in the dark.

Exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b, orbiting a pulsar, possesses an unprecedented helium-and-carbon-dominated atmosphere, characterized by molecular carbon (C3 and C2) and soot clouds, a composition unlike any ...

It has been found that there is a planet that appears like it was taken straight from a sci-fi film. However, this one is real. It is quite distant from Earth, unlike what planets would normally ...

Space scientists are puzzled after the discovery of a bizarre planet — shaped like a lemon. Astronomers have spotted an unusual exoplanet orbiting a pulsar, with a bizarre ovoid form sculpted by ...