planets
Kepler Finds Hundreds of New Exoplanet Candidates
Artist's depiction of the Kepler 10 system, which contains planets 2.2 and 1.4 times the size of Earth. (NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech) Kepler…
The Rings on the Planet Go ‘Round and ‘Round…
Raw wide-angle Cassini image of Saturn's rings (NASA/JPL/SSI) Recently I posted an image of two of Saturn's shepherd moons, Pandora…
Evidence for Active Hollows Formation on Mercury
MESSENGER targeted-observation image of the interior of Eminescu crater A recent image acquired by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows the interior…
35 Years Ago: Our First Family Portrait of the Earth and Moon
A crescent Earth and Moon as seen by Voyager 1 on September 18, 1977 (NASA) 35 years ago today, September…
What Has the Kuiper Belt Taught Us About The Solar System?
Over 4 billion miles (6.7 billion km) from the Sun, the Kuiper Belt is a vast zone of frozen worlds…
Why Planets Orbit the Sun
[/caption] In ancient times, astronomers thought that all celestial objects - the Sun, Moon, planets and stars - orbited around…
Worlds Without Suns: Nomad Planets Could Number In The Quadrillions
[/caption] The concept of nomad planets has been featured before here on Universe Today, and for good reason. Not only…
JPL Wants To FINESSE Info From Exoplanets
Jet Propulsion Laboratory's proposed FINESSE space telescope may not hunt for exoplanets, but it will find out what they're made…
OMG Space
[/caption] "You may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." –…
Hubble Reveals Curious Auroras on Uranus
[/caption] Astronomers have finally succeeded in capturing the first Earth-based images of the curious and fleeting auroras of Uranus using…