A study of Antarctic ice shelves suggests that the ice shell covering Jupiter’s moon Europa could contain a significant amount of underwater “snow”. This...

The atmosphere on Mars may have formed in a way that contradicts current theories, say researchers at the University of California, Davis, US. The...

For the first time, astronomers have clearly observed the partial disintegration of a comet at its closest point to the Sun. Led by Man-to...

The atmosphere of the planet Neptune has undergone significant and “frankly unexpected” changes to its atmospheric temperature over the past two decades, say scientists...

“Giant conveyer belt” transports water and metal in atmosphere of hot Jupiter

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New modelling predicts the composition, structure and atmosphere of hypothetical nearby worlds

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