Now, researchers at the University of Greifswald and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany, have shown that water tornadoes can also provide a surprisingly good analog ...

The findings suggest that sufficiently small particles introduced into the laboratory vortex should behave similarly to dust ...

In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has detected an unusual new variety of plasma phenomenon occurring over Jupiter's north pole.

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, ...

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one ...

A rocky planet with a 24-hour orbit and an ice giant that takes five years to complete its orbit have been detected orbiting ...

A new study published in Geophysical Research Letterssheds light on the mysterious internal heat of Uranus, solving a long-standing enigma in planetary science. Led by researchers from the University ...

A new analysis of exoplanets has shown interstellar contamination from nearby stars could change where to search for ...

John Casani, who has died aged 92, was an American spaceflight engineer who led the teams that pioneered Nasa’s explorations ...

A key method of forming planets finally has observational evidence, thanks to a network of radio telescopes in the U.K. that ...

A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of ...