This group of planets is also known as the ‘Jovian Planets’ after the Roman god Jupiter. Jupiter is roughly 11 times the diameter of Earth, Saturn nine times, and Uranus and Neptune about four times ...

During an equinox, places around the globe experience nearly equal amounts of daytime and nighttime. The second occurrence ...

Saturn’s rings are among the most beautiful features on any planet within our galaxy. Recently, a group of Australian ...

A rare mini-moon, a small asteroid temporarily captured by Earth's gravity, will briefly orbit the planet for two months. This 33-foot-long object, while billions of years old, was only recently ...

The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.

Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet's history are "Snowball Earth" events that happened hundreds of ...

I am deeply troubled by the growing distrust of science in our society, just at the time when its insights are most needed.

Earth is about to gain a second moon! A "mini-moon" named 2024 PT5 is a small asteroid that will temporarily orbit our planet ...

Supermoons are popular in the media, but are they really so different from how our extraordinary moon ordinarily appears?

A University of Washington study offers new insights into the end of the last Snowball Earth event, explaining how melting ...

Planet Labs Germany GmbH has signed a three year contract with the German Space Agency at German Aerospace Center. Through the ...

September 16 commemorates the date of the signing of the Montreal Protocol, critical for preservation of the Ozone Layer.