When the solar system formed, a disk of gas and dust orbited the young sun. Over the course of millions of years, the dust ...

JWST has revealed a surprising daily cloud cycle on a distant hot Jupiter, giving scientists a clearer look at its atmosphere.

Discovery led by UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. of daily cloud cycle on a hot Jupiter exoplanet provides unique window into its make-up ...

The team still can't confidently rule out the existence of Europa's water vapor, especially as similar plumes have been more ...

North America’s celestial highlights for the weekend ahead, which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern ...

An out-of-this-world weather report from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals how clouds move across a giant planet ...

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In 2015, Hubble Space Telescope imagery was used to create an HD look at the gas giant planet Jupiter. [Facts about our solar ...

If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about the day-to-day of school ...

A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029. Named Psyche like the ...

Astro Brief is a podcast collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

The excitement I felt for the return to our closest celestial neighbor after half a century was shared by many, but not ...