From the launch pads of Earth to the frozen worlds beyond Neptune, this journey traces humanity’s first real exploration of ...
Why doesn’t our solar system have sub-Neptune exoplanets and what can they teach us about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters ...
Scientists have long assumed that, like rocky planets such as Earth, sub-Neptunes begin with molten magma oceans. Their thick ...
What can sub-Neptune exoplanets teach astronomers about finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in ...
Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...
Uranus and Neptune may soon lose their reputation as the "boring" planets of the solar system. Long overshadowed by the grandeur of Jupiter and Saturn, scientists now believe that beneath their thick, ...
Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds.
Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...