Tag: solar system
Meteors help Martian clouds form
Enormous cloud-like plumes reaching 260km above the surface of Mars have left scientists baffled. This is way beyond Mars’s typical weather, entering into the...
Moon formation brought water to the Earth
Earth is the only terrestrial planet with a large amount of water and a relatively large moon, which stabilizes the Earth's axis. Earth grew...
Explosions of universe’s first stars spewed powerful jets
After the Big Bang and before the first stars ignited, the universe was a very dark and cold place. There were no galaxies, no...
Evidence on Mercury’s inner core is indeed solid
In order to explore the interior of a planet, planetary scientists usually observe the planet spins and then measure how their probe orbits it....
New Neptune-to-Saturn-size planet orbiting between two previously known planets
Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system’s title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds. Using data...
Solar system’s hidden Planet X may finally be spotted soon
Over the course of the past two decades, observational surveys have unveiled the intricate orbital structure of the Kuiper Belt, a field of icy...
Japanese astronomers spot new class of object in the Kuiper Belt
A team at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan has discovered a new class of object that has long been thought to exist in...
Scientists finally know what time it is on Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. This gas giant actually has no solid surface...
Early protostar already has a warped disk
The planets in our solar system orbit the sun in planes that are at most around seven degrees offset from the equator of the...
