Planets
Researchers: Fierce winds on Uranus, Neptune confined to a thin atmospheric layer
Researchers: Fierce winds on Uranus, Neptune confined to a thin atmospheric layer

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute report that powerful winds on Uranus and Neptune are confined to a thin atmospheric later...
   
Astronomers discover broiling ‘Einstein planet’
Astronomers discover broiling ‘Einstein planet’

It's unlikely Albert Einstein ever foresaw his famous theory of relativity being used to discover planets thousands of light-years away.  However, astronomers announced Monday they have discovered a massive gas planet by using Einstein's general theory of relativity, the first such discovery using the new method...
   
EXCLUSIVE: Astronomer: habitable planets may be ‘very different from Earth’
EXCLUSIVE: Astronomer: habitable planets may be ‘very different from Earth’

Scientists may be too focused on Earth-like exoplanets in their quest to discover habitable worlds. That's the conclusion reached by Sara Seager, the Class of 1941 Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
   
Student discovers how to tell time on Saturn
Student discovers how to tell time on Saturn

Do you have the time? That question, when asked by astronauts on Saturn, may now have an answer due to a discovery made by an University of Iowa undergraduate student...
   
Astronomer’s call to search for intelligent life beyond ‘alien Earths’ ignites debate
Astronomer’s call to search for intelligent life beyond ‘alien Earths’ ignites debate

A new call for searching for intelligent life beyond "alien Earths" is the latest development in the debate over how scientists should approach an attempt to discover signs of life beyond Earth...
   
Astronomers discover the secret behind Saturn’s youthful appearance
Astronomers discover the secret behind Saturn’s youthful appearance

Researchers from the University of Exeter and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon have discovered the secret behind Saturn's youthful appearance. Given its age, Saturn should be darker and cooler...
   
NASA snaps image of enormous storm on Saturn
NASA snaps image of enormous storm on Saturn

NASA's Cassini space probe has provided scientists with the first close-up, visible-light view of an enormous hurricane surging around Saturn's north pole...
   
Astronomers discover source of Jupiter’s water
Astronomers discover source of Jupiter’s water

Using the European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory, astronomers have discovered the source of Jupiter's water. According to a news release from the ESA, the water in the planet's upper atmosphere is linked to the impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in 1994...
   
Astronomy group: If you paid to name a planet, you got scammed
Astronomy group: If you paid to name a planet, you got scammed

The International Astronomical Union (IAU), a group that promotes the science of astronomy through international cooperation, issued a Read More.
   
Astronomer: Saturn’s Titan may hold clue to origins of life
Astronomer: Saturn’s Titan may hold clue to origins of life

Saturn's moon Titan may hold clues to how life came to be, according to Josep M. Trigo-Rodriguez, of the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC) in Barcelona, Spain...