NASA Sci-fi fans would be undoubtedly unnerved by the idea of giant tunnels under the surface of planets. So it’s no wonder ...

A new study using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope provides a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky planet orbiting a star beyond the Sun. The study, published today in the ...

A photo of Jupiter taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft in September 2023. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, image processing by Tanya Oleksuik The planet Jupiter has no solid ...

James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal atmospheric gases above the molten rocky exoplanet TOI-561 b, providing the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere on a tidally-locked ultra-hot ...

New research suggests Mars could have enough water under its surface to form a global ocean. On Monday, scientists released their findings, which are based on seismic measurements captured from NASA’s ...

One of the biggest features of Mars affecting the weather there is dust. Because Mars is smaller than Earth, it has lower gravity at around one-third of the strength of gravity on Earth (via NASA).

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says Perseverance's new image is "one of the sharpest panoramas of its mission so far." NASA's Perseverance Mars rover continues to beam home incredible sights from ...

When a planet transits in front of its parent star, some of the light is not only blocked, but if an atmosphere is present, filters through it, creating absorption or emission lines that a ...

Astronomers have recently brought a mysterious planet into the spotlight, a celestial body that bears striking resemblance to our own Earth. This exoplanet, discovered through advanced observational ...

BEIJING — A remote-controlled Chinese motorized rover drove down the ramp of a landing capsule on Saturday and onto the surface of the Red Planet, making China the first nation to orbit, land and ...

This artist's illustration depicts the exoplanet LHS 3844b, which is 1.3 times the mass of Earth and orbits an M dwarf star. The planet's surface may be covered mostly in dark lava rock, with no ...