Browsing: Solar System

Towards the end of February, all the planets will be visible side by side in the skyAlcupin/Getty Images All the planets in our solar system line…

Like other planets, Mercury is a world of extremes, but not necessarily in meaningful ways. Its iron core is inexplicably and inexplicably huge. Despite the scorching…

Like other planets, Mercury is a world of extremes, but not necessarily in meaningful ways. Its iron core is inexplicably and inexplicably huge. Despite the scorching…

The bright and dark part of Mercury’s north pole seen from the BepiColombo spacecraftESA/BepiColombo/MTM These photos of Mercury’s pockmarked surface will be the last we’ll see…

Uranus is more normal than we thoughtNASA/Space Telescope Science Institute Uranus’ strange magnetic field may be much less strange than astronomers first thought, and it could…

There appears to be volcanic activity on small worlds outside the solar system, possibly caused by liquid water

When a star goes supernova in a huge explosion, it can wipe out nearby matterMura Tart/Shutterstock The explosion from a supernova should be enough to remove…

Illustration of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraftNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology The largest spacecraft ever developed by NASA for an interplanetary mission will launch today to determine whether…

This image taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows Ganymede, the solar system’s largest moon, and Jupiter.NASA/JPL/University of Arizona A massive impact billions of years ago may…

JUICE spacecraft may be visible from Southeast Asia during unprecedented operationEuropean Space Agency The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will land on Earth in what the…