Tag: Planetary science

A decade ago, astronomers only knew about 62 moons orbiting Saturn. Fast forward to today, and the ringed planet now boasts a whopping 274...

The moon's age may be more mysterious than we thought. Recent research suggests that the moon underwent a significant period of remelting around 4.35...

**Jupiter's Green Thunderstorms Transform Giant's Appearance**Astrophotographer Michael Karrer recently captured striking images of two massive white thunderstorms raging in one of Jupiter's reddish-brown belts,...

Scientists Dispel the Myth of Venus's Habitable PastIn a groundbreaking new study, scientists from the University of Cambridge have shattered the long-standing belief that...

Venusian Oceans: A Dry HistoryNew research from astrochemists at the University of Cambridge challenges the long-standing belief that Venus once hosted oceans on its...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by the unusual shapes of the tiny asteroids Dimorphos and Selam, but a recent study sheds light on why...

In space, there are clouds that contain gas and dust from stars. Our solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago from a molecular cloud....

Nathalie Cabrol, an astrobiologist born in 1963 near Paris, has dedicated her career to exploring the mysteries of Mars and the search for extraterrestrial...