Planets

Planets

Warm lava on a hot planet

Volcanoes on Venus might be active.

Planets

Faraway planet could support life

A planet 20 light-years away could be the perfect distance from its star.

Planets

Holes in Martian moon mystery

Phobos may be lots of empty space.

Planets

Wrong-way planets do gymnastics

A group of planets that orbit the wrong way may have flipped over their stars.

Planets

Mercury’s magnetic twisters

The planet's strange atmosphere may have a lot to do with the sun.

Planets

Cool as a Jupiter

New-found, far-out planet could be similar to local gas giants.

Planets

One ring around them all

Introducing the solar system's largest known ring around a planet.

Planets

Either Martians or Mars has gas

Martian methane points to possible life on the Red Planet.

Planets

A new look at Saturn’s rings

New information from space missions suggests Saturn's rings may be older and have more mass than scientists thought.

Planets

Explainer: What is a planet?

Over the years, definitions have changed several times.

Planets

The trouble with Pluto

The traditional view of the solar system is out of date. Depending on who you talk to today, the answer to how many planets there are could be eight, 12, or even 208 and counting.

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The two faces of Mars

A single impact might explain why the Red Planet’s surface looks smoother in the north and rugged and rocky in the south.