Jupiter’s Hot Spot
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is heating the gas giant’s upper atmosphere from below.
Space Exploration
Mars Tsunamis
Ancient seismic sea waves on Mars left a lasting record, and insights into how life could have …
Methane Drones
Could NASA technology for methane detection on Mars help find gas leaks on earth?
Space Elevator
Could a “space elevator” carry supplies to the International Space Station?
Pluto’s Surfaces
New research reveals that frozen nitrogen flows across the surface of Pluto.
Pluto’s Origins
A violent collision between two worlds may have given rise to Pluto and its satellites.
Pluto’s Big Discoveries
A trickle of data from the New Horizons spacecraft is building into a flood of new findings.
Dark Mercury
How did Mercury get to be the darkest planet in the solar system?
Babylonian Astronomers
Scientists uncover the lost astronomical calculations of the Babylonians.
Science Breakthroughs of 2015: Dwarf Planets
Science Breakthroughs of 2015: The larger planets may get more publicity, but the solar system’s …