An animation posted to Twitter has shocked social media users by showing the impressive size of Jupiter and just how rapidly the solar system's largest planet rotates. The animation posted by ...

During its 4.5-billion-year life span, Earth’s been hit by countless asteroids. (Despite Jupiter’s noble attempts at defending it.) But while it’s easy to imagine the damage they’ve done, just how big ...

The Earth is the only cradle of life we know of. Through its billions of years of existence, it's seen some seriously bad weather, from billions of lightning strikes a year to planet-wide ash and dust ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's leading planet-hunting spacecraft has spotted its second planet that matches Earth's size ...

The Perseverance rover has now been on the surface of Mars for some 47 days following its high-profile landing on February 18. Since then the rover has sent back thousands of raw images, along with ...

The dichotomy arises during the first 50 million years of planetary history. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Supercomputer ...

Artist's rendition of Mars with Earth-like surface water. We have a fleet of robots seeking out habitability on Mars, but is the planet too small for life in the first place? A new study suggests that ...