A “hot Jupiter’s” dark side is revealed in detail for first time
The planet’s night side likely hosts iron clouds, titanium rain, and winds that dwarf Earth’s jetstream.
The planet’s night side likely hosts iron clouds, titanium rain, and winds that dwarf Earth’s jetstream.
A levitating vehicle might someday explore the moon, asteroids, and other airless planetary surfaces.
A new study shows it’s theoretically possible. The hypothesis could be tested soon with proposed Venus-bound missions.
Report led by MIT scientists details a suite of privately-funded missions to hunt for life on Earth's sibling planet.
The boiling new world, which zips around its star at ultraclose range, is among the lightest exoplanets found to date.
A newly discovered “ultrahot Jupiter” has the shortest orbit of any known gas giant.
A new study finds curious properties of tiny crystals hold clues to earthquake formation.
Such planetary smashups are likely common in young solar systems, but they haven’t been directly observed.
The cosmic boundary, perhaps caused by a young Jupiter or an emerging wind, likely shaped the composition of infant planets.
The findings include signs of flash flooding that carried huge boulders downstream into the lakebed.
A new study shows oxygenic photosynthesis likely evolved between 3.4 and 2.9 billion years ago.
In his research, the geomorphologist seeks connections among landscape evolution, biodiversity, and human history.
Not just an exoplanet-finder anymore, TESS yields diverse astrophysics results at second science conference.
The results could help scientists unravel the processes underlying plate tectonics.
Researchers find improvement in relative retention of women but predict decades of sustained effort are required to achieve gender parity.