Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn. Saturn is unique among planets observed...
To understand how life emerged, scientists investigate the chemistry of carbon and water. In the case of water, they track...
Astronomers have identified two different cases of “mini-Neptune” planets that are losing their puffy atmospheres and likely transforming into super-Earths....
New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex ‘tug-of-war’ lights up aurorae in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere,...
Earth’s moon is vitally important in making Earth the planet we know today: The moon controls the length of the...
An International team of astronomers led by researcher Toni Santana-Ros from the University of Alicante and the Institute of Cosmos...
Planets are usually not much older than the stars around which they revolve. Take the sun: It was born 4.6...
When did the Earth reach oxygen levels sufficient to support animal life? Researchers from McGill University have discovered that a...
An international team including researchers from the University of Bern and the University of Geneva as well as the National...
For the second time in its mission so far, the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through the tail of...
The origin of water on our planet is a hot question: Water has immense implications for plate tectonics, climate, the...
A Southwest Research Institute scientist measured the properties of ice-brine mixtures as cold as -145 degrees Fahrenheit to help confirm...
