Planet News

Mars Had Way More Water on its Surface Than We Thought

A new study suggests that Mars had a much larger ocean than previously thought. However, we can't understand how the…

7 years ago

Four Candidates For Planet 9 Located

A concentrated three-day search for a mysterious, unseen planet in the far reaches of our own solar system has yielded…

7 years ago

Get Ready For The >100 Planet Solar System

If a new definition of planet is adopted by the International Astronomical Union, our Solar System could be home to…

7 years ago

Planet 9 Can’t Run Forever. Two Asteroids Give Up Some Clues

Last year, Caltech astronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin found indirect evidence for the existence of a large planet in…

7 years ago

Will You Be The Discoverer Of Planet 9?

Citizen science projects are a great way for anyone to be involved in the scientific process. Average, everyday folks have…

7 years ago

JPL Predicts Mars’ Global Dust Storm To Arrive Within Weeks

A NASA researcher thinks he has figured out how to predict global dust storms on Mars.

8 years ago

Astronomers Discover Exoplanet With Triple Sunrises and Sunsets

Astronomers discover the first exoplanet orbiting within a triple star system and manage to obtain a direct image of the…

8 years ago

New Composite Image Of Saturn’s Polar Vortex Mesmerizes

A new image from Cassini shows Saturn's southern polar vortex in striking detail.

8 years ago

Boiling Water Is Carving Martian Slopes

Surface features on Mars may have been caused by boiling water.

8 years ago

An Earth-like Planet Only 16 Light Years Away?

A new paper concludes that a super-Earth size planet may reside in the habitable zone of a star only 16…

8 years ago