Mars may look like a quiet, dusty world, but it’s actually buzzing with hidden electrical activity. Powerful dust storms and ...

Some planets might produce their own water instead of relying on outside sources. In laboratory experiments, researchers simulated extreme conditions found within certain exoplanets by blasting ...

The science community may be ecstatic over the discovery of a ninth planet, but the former planet "Pluto" had a totally different reaction. Hours after scientists announced there's solid evidence of ...

Alexandra Navrotsky knows a lot about the little things. She is a leader in the field of nanogeoscience, which centers around how nanoparticles lead to mineral formation in geological systems. In over ...

A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this Jupiter-mass world has a bizarre carbon-rich atmosphere filled with soot clouds and ...