Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It's about 11 times wider than Earth with an equatorial diameter of 88,846 ...

Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.

Scientists have finally proved that Jupiter gets slammed by bizarre "mushballs", solving a long-standing space mystery ...

A molecule detected on a planet 124 light-years away is produced on Earth by decaying phytoplankton and other microbes. There ...

The Europa Clipper mission, NASA's largest planetary science spacecraft to date, aims to determine if Jupiter's moon Europa ...

For the first time, scientists have found strong evidence of a "polar planet"—a planet whose orbit is tilted at 90 degrees ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Bill Nye, CEO of the Planetary Society sits down with host David Ariosto. The conversation starts with Bill’s journey but quickly pivots to the ...

NASA is actively working on planetary defence against asteroids that could threaten Earth. Their new documentary highlights efforts being made.

NASA is actively working ... (AP) The urgency of planetary defense was underscored in 1994 when the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter, dramatically demonstrating the potential impact ...

How small can you go when forming stars and brown dwarfs? The Flame Nebula, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is a ...

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