Unlike Earth and other rocky planets, Jupiter lacks a solid surface. It’s composed entirely of gas and liquid, making it ...

Located 690 light years away from the Sun, the newest discovered planet is third most dense sub-Saturn class located at the ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...

Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn. Since it is easily visible to the unaided eye, humans have seen it since the ...

Jupiter, a gas giant with no solid surface, fierce storms, and a metallic hydrogen ocean, is a cosmic giant shielding Earth ...

Venus is the brilliant evening “star” now shining at magnitude -4 in the southwest at dusk. In early November—five months after its passage behind the sun at superior conjunction on June 4—Venus ...

New research suggests Saturn’s moon Titan may possess a crust of methane ice that warms its interior, promoting the ...

The newly discovered exoplanet is five times the size and 60 times the mass of Earth. It is a sub-Saturn class planet and is ...

A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's ...