Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths Story by Benjamin Roulston, Clarkson University • 14h ...

All of Starfield's planets are explorable, at your own risk Bethesda's Pete Hines has doubled down on Starfield's planet exploration, confirming players will be able to roam across whole planets.

Earth, Mars and Venus all looked pretty similar when they first formed. Today, Mars is dry, cold, and dusty; Venus has a hot, crushing atmosphere. Why did these sibling planets turn out so different?

Earth is the only planet known to support life. Learn about what Earth is made of and where it came from.

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship. But how can that be? If Jupiter ...

Astronomers have been on the hunt for habitable planets outside of our own solar system for decades -- but what exactly counts as habitable?

Mars isn’t a bright, fire-engine red, but the iron oxide in its rocks makes it appear redder than other planets, especially ...

The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being greeted with both enthusiasm and skepticism.