'Continents' of Venus Hint at Surprising Link to Early Earth

Venus and Earth seem like twins who, through dramatically different circumstances and choices, ended up leading dramatically different lives.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is shrinking

Researchers has recently found that nearby storms would strengthen the Great Red Spot, increasing its size. The current shrinking spot may be due to a lack of smaller storms in its diet.

Has Nasa found evidence of ancient life on Mars?

Nasa has announced the first detection of possible biosignatures in a rock on the surface of Mars. 

Mercury Has an Eleven-Mile-Thick Layer of Diamonds, Scientists Find

A new research suggests that underneath, the tiny world harbors a glittering interior fit to be the jewel in the crown of our Solar System.

NASA's Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock

Among several recent findings, the rover has found rocks made of pure sulfur — a first on the Red Planet.

This Plant Is So Extreme Scientists Think It Could Thrive on Mars

Mosses are among Earth's great terraformers, turning barren rock into fertile soils, and now a team of scientists is proposing these non-vascular plants could do the same on Mars.

Chemistry Discovery on Mars Hints at The Origins of Life on Earth

A team of researchers has uncovered evidence of its origins in the atmosphere, where carbon dioxide bathed in ultraviolet sunlight reacted to form a mist of carbon molecules that rained onto the planet's surface.

NASA Probe Spies Plumes Above Jupiter Moon's Lava Lakes

From around 2,400 miles away, the probe’s Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument “revealed that the whole surface of Io is covered by lava lakes contained in caldera-like features.

James Webb Observes Mysterious Structures Above Jupiter's Great Red Spot

The glow above the Great Red Spot on Jupiter has recently been discovered and the researchers suspect that something else altogether is causing it  - powerful gravitational interactions rarely seen on Earth.

New class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite strikes

An international team of researchers combine orbital imagery with seismological data from NASA’s Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact rate for meteorite strikes on Mars. 

A Glow in Jupiter's Night Could Be The Smoking Gun Signal For Dark Matter

An infrared glow high up in the atmosphere of Jupiter could be produced by an interaction with dark matter. 

Scientists discover massive energy imbalance on Saturn

The imbalance is due to Saturn's large orbital eccentricity, resulting in huge seasonal variations in absorbed solar energy.

Perseverance Finds "Popcorn" on Planet Mars

After months of driving, Perseverance has finally arrived at "Bright Angel", discovering oddly textured rock unlike any the rover has seen before.

The Biggest Storm in The Solar System Might Not Be as Old as We Thought

Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) is one of the Solar System's defining features. It's a massive storm that astronomers have observed since the 1600s. However, its date of formation and longevity are up for debate.

NASA Watches Mars Light Up During Epic Solar Storm

In addition to producing auroras, a recent extreme storm provided more detail on how much radiation future astronauts could encounter on the Red Planet.