WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system, revealing three layers like a wedding ...

A new study has revealed the structure of extreme winds on WASP-121b, a gas giant located 1,300 light-years away. This ...

The substance can contain up to 1.5 percent water, and if the ringwoodite under the surface has just one percent water in its ...

As this occurs, the planet blocks a small fraction of the ... and mapping out the 3D structure can help, particularly with determining the vertical circulation patterns that are not easily ...

Mars might hold enough subsurface water to cover its surface in a global ocean between 0.62 to 1.24 miles (1 to 2 kilometers) ...

Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the universe where we know for certain that life exists. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago from a swirling cloud of gas and dust squished ...