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Illustration showing what exoplanet GJ 1214 b could look like based on current information. GJ 1214 b, a warm sub-Neptune-sized exoplanet roughly 48 light-years from…
HiRISE Spots Perseverance in ‘South Séítah’: The white dot in the centre is our beloved Perseverance rover, dwarfed by the large sand dunes in the…
Artist’s rendition of the Kepler-47 circumbinary planet system with its three planets. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle A new technique developed in part by University of Hawaiʻi…
This artistic impression depicts Venus. Credit: ESO (European Southern Observatory)/M. Kornmesser & NASA/JPL/Caltech Whether VenusVenus, the second planet from the sun, is named after the…
Forming planets are one possible explanation for the rings and gaps observed in disks of gas and dust around young stars. But this theory has…
This illustration combines an image of Jupiter from the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft with a composite image of Earth to depict the size…
DAVINCI+ will send a meter-diameter probe to brave the high temperatures and pressures near Venus’ surface to explore the atmosphere from above the clouds to…
This global view of Mars is composed of about 100 Viking Orbiter images. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS Did MarsMars is the second smallest planet in our solar…
How common is our Solar System? Less common than we might think. A significant fraction of planetary systems around Sun-like stars have had a very…
Old artistic impression of GQ Lupi B (front left) and the main star GQ Lupi (right). Credit: Devon1980, Wikimedia An international team of astronomers led…
Recently, astronomers have been finding protoplanetary discs around certain stars. Their discovery has helped kick off a new work in planetary formation theory. But planets…
An artist’s conception of the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system which orbit the star in an exceptinally flat plane. Astronomers have used the extreme…
Rocky debris, the pieces of a former rocky planet that has broken up, spiral inward toward a white dwarf in this illustration. Studying the atmospheres…
Artist impression based on JunoCam image of Jupiter acquired on July 21, 2021. Enhanced to highlight features, clouds, colors, and the beauty of Jupiter. Credit:…
Artist impression of BepiColombo flying by Mercury. The spacecraft makes nine gravity assist maneuvers (one of Earth, two of Venus and six of Mercury) before…
This artist’s concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars. NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will carry a number of technologies that could make Mars safer…
Planets that are between 1.7 and 3.5 times the diameter of Earth are sometimes called “sub-Neptunes.” There are no planets in this size range in…
Jupiter’s banded appearance is created by the cloud-forming “weather layer.” This composite image shows views of Jupiter in (left to right) infrared and visible light…
An MIT study suggests that a mysterious gap existed within the solar system’s protoplanetary disk around 4.567 billion years ago, and likely shaped the composition…