Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.

Earth's oceans are mysterious, largely unexplored places, but the enormous oceans of Neptune and Uranus have them beat.

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

We can get an idea of how planets appear through a planet parade, but have you ever wondered how our home planet, Earth, looks from other planets in our solar system?Let's take a cosmic journey to ...

How does a compass work in space? From the moon to Venus, here’s how a compass would work beyond Earth’s magnetic field.

Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short ...

Water ice is a far more complex substance than we might assume. Scientists have now created an exotic new form of ice in the ...

Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies in the outer solar system. At such a critical moment in US history, we ...

Research Fellow Dr. Babak Bakhit has encountered one of his most challenging projects to date—contributing to the European ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

Earlier, the F-35 was not seen as a likely choice for India due to its highly sensitive technology and the fact that India ...