Uranus takes 84 years to orbit the Sun, and so that last time that planet's north polar region was pointed…
In 1992, humanity's effort to understand the Universe took a significant step forward. That's when astronomers discovered the first exoplanets.…
One of the most interesting discoveries about Earth in the past few decades concerns the Earth's magnetic poles. Paleomagnetic records…
If a solar system is a family, then some planets leave home early. Whether they want to or not. Once…
A team of scientists has just published a paper announcing their discovery of a peculiar chemical in the cloudtops of…
Mars' massive cloud is back. Every year during Mars' summer solstice, a cloud of water ice forms on the leeward…
In 2018, Mars experienced one of its global dust storms, a phenomenon seen nowhere else. As science would have it,…
Our closest stellar neighbour is Proxima Centauri, a small red dwarf star about 4.2 light years away from us. It's…
The InSight lander has been on the surface of Mars for about a year, and a half dozen papers were…
The NASA and DLR InSight lander has been on Mars for over a year now. The mission has faced significant…