Planets

What is below earth depends entirely on observer location and reference frame selected. Locally, gravity defines down as Earth's center...

Far side of the moon analysis reveals massive ancient impact shaped lunar geology 4.25 billion years ago. Chang'e-6 mission returned...

Jupiter has more oxygen than the sun according to new simulations revealing the gas giant contains 1.5 times more oxygen....

Mars is manufacturing poison - perchlorates - through electrostatic discharges during dust storms. Researchers discovered that electrical arcs in Mars's...

The early universe should be packed with tiny galaxies according to theory, but new research reveals fewer dwarf galaxies exist...

How Super Earths Are Born, The V1298 system, located in Taurus constellation 350 light-years away, represents one of astronomy's most...

Common types of planets form initially as massive, low-density worlds surrounded by hydrogen and helium atmospheres. Research on V1298 Tau...

Galactic globular cluster NGC 6569 actively losing stars through tidal stripping. AAT observations reveal mass loss rate 5.6% per billion...

Distance of a rogue planet measured; KMT-2024-BLG-0792 Saturn-mass world located 10,000 light-years away, breaking mass-distance degeneracy through microlensing parallax. Astronomical...

Lineup of cosmic wonders; 2026 features Artemis II lunar mission, total solar eclipse, supermoons, planetary conjunctions, and fading interstellar comet...