Earth" and a massive outer planet, revealing insights into extreme planetary evolution. An international research team, led ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The ...

Geologically, Mars is very reminiscent of the moon. But it also looks a lot like the Earth. It all depends on who you ask.

Accessible to anyone the world over, witnessing the majesty of the solar system, including the Milky Way, and its billions of ...

But is our moon actually a planet? The answer is technically no — at least according to NASA and the International Astronomical Union (IAU), an important global authority in astronomy.

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2025 is starting off with a bang for skygazers, with a planet parade just a few weeks into the new year. A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky ...

Brown dwarfs blur the lines between stars and planets. Brown dwarfs are curious celestial bodies that appear to straddle the mass divide between stars and planets. Often referred to as "failed ...

"We must rethink how we create computer models for planet formation and early evolution in the young universe." Giant, gas-rich planets may have been able to form more easily in the very early ...

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A team of Flat Earth conspiracy theorists recently traveled to Antarctica in the hopes of proving—once and for all—that our planet is, in fact, flat. Unfortunately for them, the trip seems to ...

If Mars or other rocky planets ever had liquid water beneath ... Reveals Large-Scale Biodiversity Gradients and a Marine-Terrestrial Divide. Science Advances, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adq0645 ...