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Published Comet dust: Planet Mercury's 'invisible paint' - Comet Dust: Planet Mercury's 'Invisible Paint'


Scientists have long puzzled over the planet Mercury's excessively dark surface. New research sugges ...
Published Amateur, professional astronomers alike thrilled by extreme storms on Uranus - Amateur, Professional Astronomers Alike Thrilled by Extreme Storms on Uranus


The normally bland face of Uranus has become increasingly stormy, with enormous cloud systems so bri...
Published Hunting Venus 2.0: Scientists sharpen their sights - Hunting Venus 2.0: Scientists Sharpen Their Sights


With the first paper compiling all known information about planets like Venus beyond our solar syste ...
Published Giant pattern discovered in the clouds of planet Venus - Giant Pattern Discovered in the Clouds of Planet Venus


Astronomers have identified a giant streak structure among the clouds covering planet Venus based on ...
Published Venus, if you will, as seen in radar with the Green Bank Telescope - Venus, if you will, as seen in radar with the Green Bank Telescope


Recently, by combining the highly sensitive receiving capabilities of the National Science Foundatio...
Published Exomoons may be home to extra-terrestrial life - Exomoons: A Potential Home for Extra-Terrestrial Life


New research looks at the possibility of moons outside our solar system causing gaps in the rings of...
Published Playing hide and seek with planets - Playing Hide and Seek with Planets: The Search for Exoplanets



An international team of astronomers announced the first exoplanet discovered through a combined app...
Published On the quest for other Earths - On the Quest for Other Earths: The Search for Habitable Exoplanets


An international research team has developed a new method for directly imaging smaller planets in th ...
Published 'Cold Neptune' and two temperate super-Earths found orbiting nearby stars - Cold Neptune and Two Temperate Super-Earths Found Orbiting Nearby Stars


A 'cold Neptune' and two potentially habitable worlds are part of a cache of five newly discovered e...
Published 'Plutoid' Chosen As Name For Solar System Objects Like Pluto - Plutoid: The New Name for Solar System Objects Like Pluto



The International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets lik ...
Published New branch in family tree of exoplanets discovered - New Branch in Family Tree of Exoplanets Discovered



Researchers have classified exoplanets in much the same way that biologists identify new animal spec...
Published New research reveals secret to Jupiter's curious aurora activity - New Research Reveals Secret to Jupiter's Curious Aurora Activity


Jupiter's polar cap is threaded in part with closed magnetic field lines rather than entirely with o...
Published NASA, ULA launch Lucy Mission to ‘fossils’ of planet formation - NASA, ULA Launch Lucy Mission to ‘Fossils’ of Planet Formation


NASA's Lucy mission, the agency's first to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, launched from Cape Canaveral...
Published Series of bumps sent Uranus into its sideways spin, new research suggests - Series of Bumps Sent Uranus into Its Sideways Spin, New Research Suggests


Uranus' highly tilted axis makes it something of an oddball in our solar system. The accepted wisdom...
Published Uranus may have two undiscovered moons - Uranus May Have Two Undiscovered Moons


NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus 30 years ago, but researchers are still making discoverie...
Published Could more of Earth's surface host life? - Could More of Earth's Surface Host Life?


Of all known planets, Earth is as friendly to life as any planet could possibly be -- or is it? If J ...
Published Why do Earth's hemispheres look equally bright when viewed from space? - Why Do Earth's Hemispheres Look Equally Bright When Viewed From Space?


When seen from space, Earth's hemispheres -- northern and southern -- appear equally bright. For yea...
Published The sands of Mars are green as well as red, rover Perseverance discovers - The Sands of Mars: Perseverance Rover Discovers Green and Red Sand


The accepted view of Mars is red rocks and craters as far as the eye can see. That's much what scien...
Published Scientists solve 40-year mystery over Jupiter's X-ray aurora - Scientists Solve 40-Year Mystery Over Jupiter's X-Ray Aurora


Researchers combined close-up observations of Jupiter's environment by NASA's satellite Juno, which...
Published Collective gravity, not Planet Nine, may explain the orbits of 'detached objects' - Collective Gravity: A Possible Explanation for the Orbits of 'Detached Objects'


Bumper car-like interactions at the edges of our solar system -- and not a mysterious ninth planet - ...