During the Age of Exploration, explorers relied on compasses to navigate the oceans and conquer the wilds, but they were ...

Dragging the trash barrel to the curb, I look up at the night sky, and my current self is instantly tethered to all my past ...

There are plenty of celestial landmarks you can see with the naked eye, and this month, you can view Mars and four of Jupiter’s 95 moons.

Observations of Jupiter show that ammonia is unevenly distributed in the upper atmosphere, against expectations of uniform mixing. Scientists found evidence for a complicated but apparently real ...

Imagine a Slushee composed of ammonia and water encased in a hard shell of water ice. Now picture these ice-encrusted ...

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University ...

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.

Average Surface Temperatures of All Planets: There are eight planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, with Pluto now categorised as a dwarf ...

Saturn's transit in Pisces impacts Sagittarius natives' fourth house, prompting a period of emotional restructuring and increased family responsibilities. This transit also affects career and home ...

This created a super-hot region that spans half the planet. Jupiter's diameter is 11 times larger than Earth's, meaning this heated region is enormous. "We've studied Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus in ...

“This may also happen at Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, but we haven’t seen it yet,” O’Donoghue said. “It’s a rare event, though… compressions like this might reach Jupiter (or any ...