Planetary Science

Space Gravitational lensing helps astronomers determine the true mass of a rogue planet

A brief gravitational lensing event allowed astronomers to measure the mass and distance of a rogue planet, offering new insight into how planets form.

Space JWST observations reveal massive helium clouds escaping from exoplanet WASP-107 b Joseph Shavit

Space Dracula’s Chivito: Hubble reveals the largest known planet-forming disk Joshua Shavit

Space NASA’s Juno spacecraft offers fresh insight into Europa’s icy ocean and its potential to support life Joseph Shavit

Space Earth’s core is leaking vast amounts of gold through the mantle, study finds Joshua Shavit

Space Astronomers discover previously unseen kernel structure inside the Kuiper Belt Joseph Shavit

Space Uranus’s extreme radiation belts linked to ancient solar wind event Joseph Shavit

Space Titan’s interior is slushy ice, not a hidden ocean, Cassini data finds Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers spot closest giant planet orbiting binary stars ever observed Joseph Shavit

Green Impact Earth’s lower mantle trapped far more early water than previously thought Joseph Shavit

Space TRAPPIST-1’s solar flares could reshape the search for habitable planets Joseph Shavit

Space Time moves faster on Mars than on Earth, study finds Joseph Shavit

Space Scientists discover 16 giant river networks on ancient Mars where life could have thrived Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Mysterious structures within Earth’s mantle may explain why we exist Mac Oliveau

Space Martian dust storms crackle with ‘mini lightning,’ revealing a hidden electric Mars Joseph Shavit

Space Many small moons in our solar system have boiling oceans hidden beneath their ice Joseph Shavit

Space NASA orbiter data challenges the idea that liquid water exists on Mars Joseph Shavit