With the exception of Pluto, planets in our solar system are classified as either terrestrial (Earth-like) or Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets. Terrestrial planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and ...

Research by astronomers, led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), challenges current theories about the formation of ...

Nearly half a billion miles from Earth, a world may be stirring. Our planet is the only place in the solar system—and indeed the universe—where we know that life exists. But if the basic ...

Jumping Jupiter! The results are in, storm chasers! Thanks to your help over the last two years, the Jovian Vortex Hunter project has published a catalog of 7,222 vortices, which you can download.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Illustration of the Jovian moon Io, seen against the backdrop of ...