Venus is a Victim of a Rampant Greenhouse Effect Venus's atmosphere is made mostly of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse ...

Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the ...

The gas giant WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...

Each planet has a different timeframe for complete rotation around the sun so all of them coming into alignment to be visible from Earth is a rare sight. The next alignment of five planets or more ...

The study suggests changes are occurring deep within our planet, which could have implications ... and in the opposite direction relative to the rotation of the Earth's surface.

By the laws of physics, the slowest the Earth could slow its spin would be 1 rotation every 365 days. That situation is called "sun-synchronous" and would force one side of our planet to always ...

The spiral pattern is due to the Coriolis effect, which is when a planet’s rotation bends the course of winds. The darker parts of the spiral are actually deep canyons, which have been cut over ...

A new study revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial role in driving latitudinal air currents on Mars, particularly at high altitudes. The findings, based on long-term atmospheric data, ...

Mars' atmosphere moves differently from Earth's due to gravity waves. These waves affect air circulation at high altitudes.

The dividing line between gas giant planets and failed stars is blurry at best. The isolated planetary-mass object SIMP ...

while Kepler-62's exoplanet has a 155-day rotation period. While both planets would likely be locked into a synchronous orbit -- with a permanent dayside and a perpetual nightside -- the ultrafast ...