Venus has a hazy lower atmosphere. New research suggests that it is caused by cosmic dust, fragments of shooting stars.

A newly-discovered planet named Enaiposha, GJ 1214 b, is unlike anything found in our own solar system, similar to a ...

Even at a glance, the planets in our solar system are wildly diverse. Huge and small, airless and densely packed with ...

Modelling suggests that the layer beneath the planet’s acidic clouds is comprised of particles from outer space.

While India's interplanetary ambitions remain significant, the current pace of financial and technical progress raises ...

Sulfur on Mercury was as important to the planet's formation as oxygen was to Earth's evolution, the study suggests.