The haziest planet we’ve ever seen won’t give up its secrets
Something is hiding inside Kepler-51d, and it’s doing a remarkably good job of it. About 2,615 light-years away…
New simulations reveal the hidden forces shaping ‘snowman’ worlds beyond Neptune
On a frigid orbit beyond Neptune, some of the solar system’s smallest worlds project a strange silhouette. Two…
NASA spots colossal eruptions shaking Io — Jupiter’s most volcanic moon
NASA has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption outside of Earth on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. On…
Complex building blocks of life form spontaneously in space, study finds
The chemical foundations of life could be found in the frigid pockets of molecular clouds that exist in…
Two collisions, one star, and a new view of planet formation
When you look up at the night sky, planets seem calm and fixed. But a new study shows…
How a young Jupiter saved Earth from falling into the Sun
Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals,…
How a planetary crash with Theia brought water and life to Earth
About 4.6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in…
What did NASA’s Juno mission discover about Jupiter? Here are 5 mind-blowing findings..
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, peeling back layers of mystery around the Solar System’s…