Space/Planetary Science

Scientists at the University of Leicester and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory predict next parting of Jupiter's veil of clouds for 2019 A regular pattern of unusual meteorological events at Jupiter's equator has been identified by…

Credit: Caltech/T. Pyle (IPAC) Newly discovered adolescent star seen undergoing 'growth spurt' Astronomers have discovered a young star undergoing a rare growth spurt - giving a fascinating glimpse into the development of these…

New research from University of Alberta physicists provides the first-ever model of our Moon's rotational dynamics, taking into consideration its solid inner core. Their model helps to explain why, as seen from Earth, the Moon appears to…

Credit: VTT & Reaktor Space Lab A pioneering Finnish nanosatellite has now reached space equipped with the world's smallest infrared hyperspectral camera. The photos with infrared data taken from the satellite provide new solutions…

The quest to discover what drove the last, long-term global climate shift on Earth, which took place around a million years ago, has taken a new, revealing twist. A team of researchers led by Dr Sev Kender from the University of…

Credit: Kobe University Using the infrared satellite AKARI, a Japanese research team has detected the existence of water in the form of hydrated minerals in a number of asteroids for the first time. This discovery will contribute to our…

Credit: TNG COLLABORATION Maunakea, Hawaii - A relic cloud of gas, orphaned after the Big Bang, has been discovered in the distant universe by astronomers using the world's most powerful optical telescope, the W. M. Keck Observatory on…

New research published in Icarus this week confirms that Saturn is losing its iconic rings at a worst-case-scenario rate. Dr Tom Stallard, Associate Professor in Planetary Astronomy at the University of Leicester and Dr James…

New National Science Foundation and Department of Energy-funded research highlights a previously unexplored consequence of the global proliferation of wind energy facilities: a wake effect from upwind facilities that can reduce the energy…

Researchers from RIKEN and JAXA have used observations from the ALMA radio observatory located in northern Chile and managed by an international consortium including the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) to measure, for…