Illustration of Venus via Shutterstock Much like Earth, Venus has an ozone layer high in its atmosphere, according to new ...

Scientists have known that Mars is rich in strange chemicals, especially chlorine-based compounds found by orbiters, rovers, ...

If today the atmosphere of your house feels somewhat \"electric\" or if a small chat with your partner suddenly seems like a ...

Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most planets in the Solar System, and it does so incredibly slowly. One full ...

Welcome to your new Earth. A world where the sky is no longer blue but a thick yellowish haze. A deep breath is no longer refreshing but, instead, will suffocate you. And the ground beneath your feet ...

Astronomers from the University of Geneva, working with colleagues in Canada and the United States, have captured the ...

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the ...

Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

On Saturday (Jan. 10), for example, we will see three satellites on one side of Jupiter (going outward from the planet: Ganymede, Io and Europa ), while the fourth ( Callisto) remains all by itself on ...

Bright full moons, dazzling meteor shower displays and remarkable total eclipses will give stargazers plenty of reasons to ...