Polaris is less than three-quarters of a degree from the North Celestial Pole, as well as being the brightest star in Ursa ...

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While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, a team of astronomers have discovered ...

Panyushkina and her team at the University of Arizona carefully dissected individual tree rings from ancient wood samples ...

Astronomers at UC Berkeley have identified mysterious Earth-sized spots at Jupiter’s poles with rapid life cycles.

Earth has a magnetic field because there’s molten iron in its core. As the liquid metal moves and flows, it makes a giant ...

The Great Red Spot is not the only Earth-sized atmospheric disturbance seen on Jupiter. That dramatic storm remains number ...

Pumping groundwater appears to have a greater consequence than ever previously thought. But now—thanks to a study published ...

Water is life, it sustains life, and is a prerequisite to the existence of a living world. It is also the most important resource of, for, and on the Earth, and ...

Researchers have discovered and are observing dark shapes appearing on the surface of Jupiter, with each of these 'dark ovals ...

Scientists have discovered Earth-sized dark UV spots at Jupiter's poles, likely caused by magnetically driven vortices ...

Active volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon 2.8 billion years ago, the first lunar samples returned from the ...