https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/venus/ Planet Venus News. Science articles on the planet Venus including up-to-date detailed images, related missions and more. en-us Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:21:52 EDT Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:21:52 EDT 60 https://www.sciencedaily.com/images/scidaily-logo-rss.png https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/venus/ For more science news, visit ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260212025607.htm A newly identified planet candidate, HD 137010 b, looks strikingly Earth-like in size and orbit — but it may be colder than Mars due to its dimmer star. If it has a thick enough atmosphere, though, this icy world could still surprise us. Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:32:43 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260212025607.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260212023020.htm Scientists have uncovered evidence of a massive underground lava tube hidden beneath the surface of Venus, revealing a new layer of the planet’s volcanic history. By reexamining radar data from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft, researchers identified what appears to be a huge empty conduit near the volcanic region Nyx Mons. The structure could be nearly a kilometer wide and extend for dozens of kilometers below the surface. Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:46:52 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260212023020.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260131084135.htm A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four massive but extremely low-density worlds orbiting the star appear to be inflated precursors of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. By watching how the planets subtly tug on one another, scientists measured their masses and confirmed they are far puffier than expected. The system reveals how these planets dramatically shrink and transform as they age. Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:16:06 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260131084135.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251227004146.htm A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this Jupiter-mass world has a bizarre carbon-rich atmosphere filled with soot clouds and possibly diamonds at its core. Its extreme gravity stretches it into a lemon shape, and it completes a full orbit in under eight hours. Scientists are stunned — no known theory explains how such a planet could exist. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 10:14:09 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251227004146.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251213032607.htm Webb’s latest observations reveal a hellish world cloaked in an unexpected atmosphere: TOI-561 b, an ultra-hot rocky planet racing around its star in under 11 hours. Despite being blasted by intense radiation that should strip it bare, the planet appears to host a thick layer of gases above a global magma ocean, making it far less dense than expected. Sun, 14 Dec 2025 08:01:33 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251213032607.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251211100625.htm TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for signs of an atmosphere—and potentially life-supporting conditions. Early James Webb observations hint at methane, but the signals may instead come from the star itself, a small ultracool M dwarf whose atmospheric behavior complicates interpretation. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:22:49 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251211100625.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251204024243.htm A network of powerful ground-based telescopes captured rare starspot-crossing events on TOI-3884b, revealing cooler patches on the star’s surface and rapid changes tied to its rotation. By combining multicolor transit observations with months of high-cadence brightness monitoring, researchers nailed down the star’s rotation period with impressive precision. These measurements allowed them to map the system’s geometry—and what they found was surprising: the planet's orbit is wildly tilted relative to the star’s spin. Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:57:01 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251204024243.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250930034246.htm For decades, Uranus baffled scientists because it seemed to have no internal heat. Now, new computer modeling shows the planet actually emits more energy than it receives from the Sun. This subtle warmth suggests Uranus’ story is more complex than previously thought, offering fresh clues about its violent past and about exoplanets similar in size. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 03:42:46 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250930034246.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250930034237.htm Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away that could harbor liquid water. Early data suggests hints of an atmosphere, but much remains uncertain. Researchers have already ruled out a hydrogen-rich primordial atmosphere, pointing instead to the possibility of a secondary atmosphere that could sustain oceans or ice. Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:28:50 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250930034237.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250920214427.htm NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets, marking a major milestone in humanity’s quest to understand other worlds. From gas giants hugging their stars to planets covered in lava or clouds of gemstones, the diversity of discoveries is staggering. With upcoming missions like the Roman Space Telescope and the Habitable Worlds Observatory, scientists are getting closer to detecting Earth-like planets, and possibly signs of life. Sat, 20 Sep 2025 21:44:27 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250920214427.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250902085004.htm A new model called StarryStarryProcess lets scientists map star spots with precision, improving how exoplanets are studied. By factoring in both transits and stellar rotation, it provides richer details about stars and their influence on planetary signals. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:25:58 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250902085004.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250827010732.htm WISPIT 2b, a gas giant forming around a young Sun-like star, has been directly imaged for the first time inside a spectacular multi-ringed disk. Still glowing and actively accreting gas, the planet offers a unique opportunity to study planetary birth and evolution. Wed, 27 Aug 2025 01:07:32 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250827010732.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250723045706.htm Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary disc—exactly where theory predicted. The direct light detection is what sets this apart from previous hints of forming worlds. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:57:10 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250723045706.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250701020715.htm Japan’s Himawari weather satellites, designed to watch Earth, have quietly delivered a decade of infrared snapshots of Venus. By stitching 437 images together, scientists tracked daily thermal tides and shifting planetary waves in the planet’s cloud tops, even flagging calibration quirks in past spacecraft data. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:43:49 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250701020715.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250611085304.htm Scientists have discovered a giant planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf star, something they believed wasn t even possible. The planet, TOI-6894b, is about the size of Saturn but orbits a star just a fifth the mass of our Sun. This challenges long-standing ideas about how big planets form, especially around small stars. Current theories can't fully explain how such a planet could have taken shape. Even more fascinating, this cold planet may have a rare kind of atmosphere rich in methane or even ammonia something we've never seen in an exoplanet before. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:53:04 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250611085304.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250610004044.htm A team of international astronomers has uncovered what may be a gas giant planet forming around a distant young star. Using the powerful Very Large Telescope in Chile, they captured dazzling near-infrared images of a spiral-armed disk, matching theoretical predictions of how young planets shape their environment. With structures extending beyond the scale of our solar system and evidence of planet-driven disturbances, the system could provide vital clues to how planetary systems, including our own, emerge. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:40:44 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250610004044.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250602155332.htm WASP-121b may have been born in a frozen zone and later migrated into its current inferno-like orbit. A surprise discovery of methane in the wrong place suggests intense vertical winds are reshaping how we understand planetary atmospheres. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:53:32 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250602155332.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250422131330.htm A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals as it whizzes around its star. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:13:30 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250422131330.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250314113808.htm Astronomers have discovered two exoplanets around TOI-1453, a star about 250 light years away. These two exoplanets, a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, are common in the galaxy, yet are absent from our system. This discovery paves the way for future atmospheric studies to better understand these types of planets. Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:38:08 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250314113808.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250304212337.htm The discovery of new exoplanets can help scientists understand how planets form and evolve. Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:23:37 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250304212337.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250225122023.htm Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers investigate the extreme weather patterns and atmospheric properties of exoplanet LTT 9779 b. New JWST observations with NIRISS reveal a dynamic atmosphere: powerful winds sweep around the planet, shaping mineral clouds as they condense into a bright, white arc on the slightly cooler western side of the dayside. As these clouds move eastward, they evaporate under the intense heat, leaving the eastern dayside with clear skies. Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:20:23 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250225122023.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250218113617.htm Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), they found powerful winds carrying chemical elements like iron and titanium, creating intricate weather patterns across the planet's atmosphere. The discovery opens the door for detailed studies of the chemical makeup and weather of other alien worlds. Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:36:17 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250218113617.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250207122441.htm 'Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study. Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:24:41 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250207122441.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250204132142.htm Using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia's ability to sense the gravitational tug or 'wobble' the planet induces on a star. Both the planet and brown dwarf are orbiting low-mass stars, a scenario thought to be extremely rare. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:21:42 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250204132142.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250121125759.htm Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jet-stream of its kind ever measured on a planet. The discovery provides unique insights into the weather patterns of a distant world. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:57:59 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250121125759.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241218132152.htm Conventional wisdom assumes the ratio of gases in a planet's atmosphere should match the ratio of gases in the natal disk that birthed it. For the first time, researchers compared gases in a still-forming planet's atmosphere to its natal disk. The team found the planet surprisingly was less carbon-rich than the disk. Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:21:52 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241218132152.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241216130034.htm Recent measurements with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) cast doubt on the current understanding of the exoplanet Trappist-1 b's nature. Until now, it was assumed to be a dark rocky planet without an atmosphere, shaped by a billion-year-long cosmic impact of radiation and meteorites. The opposite appears to be true. The surface shows no signs of weathering, which could indicate geological activity such as volcanism and plate tectonics. Alternatively, a planet with a hazy atmosphere composed of carbon dioxide is also viable. The results demonstrate the challenges of determining the properties of exoplanets with thin atmospheres. Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:00:34 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241216130034.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241203153927.htm An unusual planetary system with three known ultra-low density 'super-puff' planets has at least one more planet, according to new observations. Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:39:27 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241203153927.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241202123421.htm A team of astronomers has found that Venus has never been habitable, despite decades of speculation that our closest planetary neighbor was once much more like Earth than it is today. Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:34:21 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241202123421.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240926132019.htm A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a white dwarf, a system resembling what our sun-Earth system will look like in 8 billion years. The good news: the planet survived its star's red giant phase, so maybe Earth will too. The bad news: it's still uninhabitable. Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:20:19 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240926132019.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240925143940.htm New research suggests Mars' missing atmosphere -- which dramatically diminished 3.5 billion years ago -- could be locked in the planet's clay-covered crust. Water on Mars could have set off a chain reaction that drew CO2 out of the atmosphere and converted it into methane within clay minerals. Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:39:40 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240925143940.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240820124237.htm Our understanding of Venus' water history and the potential that it was once habitable in the past is being challenged by recent observations. Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:42:37 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240820124237.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240724123002.htm Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers imaged a new exoplanet that orbits a star in the nearby triple system Epsilon Indi. The planet is a cold super-Jupiter exhibiting a temperature of around 0 degrees Celsius and a wide orbit comparable to that of Neptune around the Sun. This measurement was only possible thanks to JWST's unprecedented imaging capabilities in the thermal infrared. It exemplifies the potential of finding many more such planets similar to Jupiter in mass, temperature, and orbit. Studying them will improve our knowledge of how gas giants form and evolve in time. Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:30:02 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240724123002.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717120953.htm The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical, or eccentric, orbit of any known planet. It appears to be a juvenile planet that is in the midst of becoming a hot Jupiter, and its orbit is providing some answers to how such large, scorching planets evolve. Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:09:53 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717120953.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240715135814.htm Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have finally confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences between its eternal morning and eternal evening atmosphere. WASP-39 b, a giant planet with a diameter 1.3 times greater than Jupiter, but similar mass to Saturn that orbits a star about 700 light-years away from Earth, is tidally locked to its parent star. This means it has a constant dayside and a constant nightside -- one side of the planet is always exposed to its star, while the other is always shrouded in darkness. Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:58:14 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240715135814.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240709184235.htm A international team of astronomers has made an exciting discovery about the temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b: it could be a promising 'super-Earth' covered in ice or water. Tue, 09 Jul 2024 18:42:35 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240709184235.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240701232841.htm Two samples from Mars together deliver clear evidence of the origin of Martian organic material. The study presents solid evidence for a prediction made over a decade ago that could be key to understanding how organic molecules, the foundation of life, were first formed here on Earth. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 23:28:41 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240701232841.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240627172226.htm The majority of stars in our galaxy are home to planets. The most abundant are the sub-Neptunes, planets between the size of Earth and Neptune. Calculating their density poses a problem for scientists: depending on the method used to measure their mass, two populations are highlighted, the dense and the less dense. Is this due to an observational bias or the physical existence of two distinct populations of sub-Neptunes? Recent work argues for the latter. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:22:26 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240627172226.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240613140815.htm The small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their fuel, may make excellent backdrops for studying planets with enough water to harbor life. The trick is spotting the shadow of a planet against a former star that has withered to a fraction of its size and finding that it's a planet that has kept its water oceans for billions of years even after riding out the star's explosive and violent final throes. A new study of the dynamics of white dwarf systems suggests that, in theory, some watery planets may indeed thread the celestial needles necessary to await discovery and closer scrutiny. Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:08:15 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240613140815.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240610140129.htm Astronomers observing exoplanet GJ 3470 b saw evidence of water, carbon dioxide, methane and sulfur dioxide. Astronomers hope the discovery of this exoplanet's sulfurous atmosphere will advance our understanding of how planets forms. Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:01:29 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240610140129.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240523153445.htm Astronomers have discovered a planet between the sizes of Earth and Venus only 40 light-years away. Thu, 23 May 2024 15:34:45 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240523153445.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240523112455.htm Astronomers have made the rare and tantalizing discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet 40 light-years away that may be just a little warmer than our own world. The potentially-habitable planet, named Gliese 12 b, orbits its host star every 12.8 days, is comparable in size to Venus -- so slightly smaller than Earth -- and has an estimated surface temperature of 42 C (107 F), which is lower than most of the 5,000-odd exoplanets confirmed so far. That is assuming it has no atmosphere, however, which is the crucial next step to establishing if it is habitable. Thu, 23 May 2024 11:24:55 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240523112455.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240520122840.htm A surprisingly low amount of methane and a super-sized core hide within the cotton candy -- like planet WASP-107 b. Mon, 20 May 2024 12:28:40 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240520122840.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240514141403.htm Astronomers have just discovered WASP-193b, an extraordinarily low-density giant planet orbiting a distant Sun-like star. Tue, 14 May 2024 14:14:03 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240514141403.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240509155528.htm Astrophysicists discovered that an exoplanet is covered with so many active volcanoes that seen from a distance it would take on a fiery, glowing-red hue. Thu, 09 May 2024 15:55:28 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240509155528.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240508121127.htm Researchers may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system. Wed, 08 May 2024 12:11:27 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240508121127.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240506131627.htm Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored as much water as Earth. Today, almost all of it has disappeared. A new study may help to explain why. Mon, 06 May 2024 13:16:27 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240506131627.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240430131829.htm Researchers have successfully used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b. Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:18:29 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240430131829.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240422120740.htm Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric acid, uninhabitable Venus offers vital lessons about the potential for life on other planets, a new paper argues. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:07:40 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240422120740.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240327154954.htm Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protostar during its final assembly. Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:49:54 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240327154954.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240320160534.htm A group of high school students from Oakland, California, made contributions to the field of exoplanet research. Researchers worked with the students to use backpack-sized digital smart telescopes. These young citizen scientists played a role in observing and confirming the nature of a warm and dense sub-Saturn planet, known as TIC 139270665 b, orbiting a metal-rich G2 star. Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:05:34 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240320160534.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/02/240202115144.htm Astronomers have shown new atmospheric detail in a set of 15 exoplanets similar to Neptune. While none could support humanity, a better understanding of their behavior might help us to understand why we don't have a small Neptune, while most solar systems seem to feature a planet of this class. Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:51:44 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/02/240202115144.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231228145810.htm Best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets, is to look for the absence of carbon dioxide in their atmospheres. Thu, 28 Dec 2023 14:58:10 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231228145810.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231207161436.htm The extrasolar planets Kepler-1625b and Kepler-1708b are supposedly the home worlds of the first known exomoons. A new study now comes to a different conclusion. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:14:36 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231207161436.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231130145435.htm The discovery of a planet that is far too massive for its sun is calling into question what was previously understood about the formation of planets and their solar systems. Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:54:35 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231130145435.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231129112537.htm Astronomers have found a key new system of six transiting planets orbiting a bright star in a harmonic rhythm. This rare property enabled the team to determine the planetary orbits which initially appeared as an unsolvable riddle. Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:25:37 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231129112537.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231109121558.htm Scientists have observed, for the first time in the visible range, a glow on the night side of the planet Mars. These new observations provide a better understanding of the dynamics of the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet and its variations throughout the year. Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:15:58 EST https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231109121558.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231026131426.htm Venus, may have once had tectonic plate movements similar to those believed to have occurred on early Earth, a new study found. The finding sets up tantalizing scenarios regarding the possibility of early life on Venus, its evolutionary past and the history of the solar system. Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:14:26 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231026131426.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231006104545.htm Astronomers have gotten very good at spotting the signs of planet formation around stars. But for a complete understanding of planet formation, we also need to study examples where planet formation has not yet started. Looking for something and not finding it can be even more difficult than finding it sometimes, but new detailed observations of the young star DG Taurus show that it has a smooth protoplanetary disk without signs of planet formation. This successful non-detection of planet formation may indicate that DG Taurus is on the eve of planet formation. Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:45:45 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231006104545.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230901143615.htm The planet HAT-P-32b is losing so much of its atmospheric helium that the trailing gas tails are among the largest structures yet known any planet outside our solar system. Three-dimensional (3D) simulations helped model the flow of the planet's atmosphere. The scientists hope to widen their planet-observing net and survey 20 additional star systems to find more planets losing their atmosphere and learn about their evolution. Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:36:15 EDT https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230901143615.htm