This gravity disparity is largely due to that equatorial bulge creating non-uniform distances from points on the planet's surface to center of the Earth, and to the fact that the Earth spins.

That’s because these planets are primarily made from gas and have no solid surface. This group of planets is also known as the ‘Jovian Planets’ after the Roman god Jupiter. Jupiter is ...

This week, students share facts about the sixth planet from the sun, their favourite rooms at school and fun times in Japan.

The solar system consists of 8 planets, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Each ...

The planet has a swirling storm twice the width of Earth that's raged for at least the last 150 years called the Great Red Spot.

Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life. With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the ...

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick atmosphere, making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths ...