Far from Earth, a small robotic explorer has just delivered a surprise that planetary scientists have never seen up close ...

NASA’s Jupiter Trojan probe has identified the first known contact binary satellite, a rare object formed when two bodies ...

"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets." ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...

Meanwhile, Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, who flagged at least 16 anomalies on 3I/ATLAS has reiterated intensive monitoring ...

Scientists have measured that Jupiter releases more internal heat than it absorbs from the Sun, based on observations of its structure, rotation, and atmospheric behavior.

By contrast, Saturn's atmosphere is layered more deeply. There, either weaker forcing reduces deep turbulence, or more energy ...

Spectacular clouds swirl across the surface of Jupiter. These clouds contain water, just like Earth's, but are much denser on ...

The JWST tracks a path right-to-left across the eastern horizon in the hours following sunset in January. On Jan. 19 it will be located to the left of the star Nu Orionis in the raised right arm of ...