Earth as hybrid planet

New classification places Anthropocene era in astrobiological context.

NASA's Next Mission to Mars Will Probe the Red Planet's Deep Interior

InSight will do a deep dive into the Martian underground, putting two instruments onto the surface that will ferry information back from the depths.

A gallery of Voyager’s greatest hits—and they are truly great

“Time after time, we discovered things that we hadn’t even imagined.”

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft to begin final journey around Saturn

Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft is set to commence its final five orbits around Saturn, marking the final phase of its exploration mission of the planet.

A Massive New Storm System Just Appeared Over Neptune

Do not be alarmed, but a bright storm system three quarters the width of our entire planet has emerged over Neptune’s equator, in a region where no bright clouds have ever been witnessed before.

First images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot reach Earth

Pictures of Jupiter's most powerful storm, have been transmitted to Earth, giving eager scientist close-up views of the 10,000-mile-wide anticyclone where winds have been howling for at least 187 years.

Saturn's Hexagonal Storm Is Pure Chaotic Beauty In New Cassini Images

Ihe intrepid orbiter sent back some truly stellar pics of the planet's most unusual feature: The raging hexagonal storm on its North Pole.

The curious case of the warped Kuiper Belt

The plane of the solar system is warped in the outer reaches of the Kuiper Belt, signaling the presence of an unknown Mars-to-Earth-mass planetary object far beyond Pluto, according to a new research.

New study suggests Jupiter’s formation divided Solar System in two

A new study suggests that the early Solar System was quickly divided in two, with the rapidly forming Jupiter creating the dividing line.

Elon Musk Details His Vision for a Human Civilization on Mars

His goal is nothing less than ensuring the survival of the human race by creating a “backup location”, and calls for some serious planning and architecture.

Best Jupiter Images From Juno So Far

The original plans for the Juno mission to Jupiter didn’t include a color camera. But a camera was added to the manifest, and the incredible images from the JunoCam have been grabbing the spotlight.

NASA's Juno Mission Just Dropped Its First Huge Pile of Results

NASA is releasing Juno’s first scientific results and Jupiter appears a lot weirder than anyone thought it would be.

UAE seeks to build human settlement on Mars by 2117

The United Arab Emirates has unveiled a new project that aims to establish the first inhabitable human settlement on Mars by 2117.

Massive Lava Waves Detected on Jupiter’s Moon Io

New observations suggests that the largest of Jupiter's Moon Io lakes, Loki Patera, produces enormous waves that repeatedly flow around the molten surface.

Approaching Jupiter

The image was taken on 11 December 2016 at 1744 UT, from an altitude of about 52,200 kilometres above the planet’s beautiful cloud tops.