We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise ...

Earth's radiation budget is a core process of the Earth-atmosphere system, closely linked to global climate and environmental ...

Set a reminder — in your phone, on your calendar, whatever it takes — so that you don't miss out on the next Total Lunar ...

Jupiter and Saturn host strikingly different polar storms, despite being similar giant planets, and scientists have long wondered why. New simulations suggest the answer may lie deep below the clouds.

BEIJING -- A new study has revealed that observing Earth from the moon serves as a powerful way of seeing the planet's true, ...

For many years, astronomers have been looking for extraterrestrial life. In doing so, astronomers have narrowed their search ...

This is what would happen if planets replaced the moon. Venus is almost the same size as earth. It would make the earth ...

This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

A research team led by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has confirmed that ...

Astronomers watched a distant star dim for months and found a metal-rich cloud that may be the aftermath of a massive ...

Jupiter boasts the shortest day in our solar system, completing a rotation in just under 10 hours. This rapid spin, a result of its immense size, gaseous composition, and retained angular momentum ...