A rock containing many smaller round stones could indicate that there was once a large amount of liquid water on the Red ...

Modern astronomers now have an advanced understanding of many of the objects in the night sky, and have even determined that ...

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

A stellar occultation this month gave scientists an opportunity to scrutinize the seventh planet from the Sun.

NASA scientists seized a rare opportunity to study Uranus’ atmosphere during a stellar occultation, when the planet passed ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

Uranus is an ice giant planet with a thick atmosphere over a hot mantle of water, ammonia, and methane ices. Humanity has ...

The data collected will help researchers understand how Uranus’ atmosphere functions and how it has evolved over the past 30 ...

"The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers [5.6 million miles] long," said MIT astronomer ...

When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It's about 11 times wider than Earth with an equatorial diameter of 88,846 ...

NASA's Juno revealed mushballs on Jupiter, reshaping our understanding of deep, violent gas giant storm systems.