A recent discovery of a unique exoplanet continues to challenge our understanding of solar system dynamics as a recent study ...

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies ...

Scientists spent four years challenging an out-of-the-box theory that ammonia and water form slushy hailstones on the gaseous planet. Looks like it’s true.

NASA's Juno revealed mushballs on Jupiter, reshaping our understanding of deep, violent gas giant storm systems.

A bizarre hailstorm of icy “mushballs” — slushy mixtures of ammonia and water — has been confirmed on Jupiter, where intense ...

Scientists have discovered that during storms on Jupiter, ice balls containing ammonia and water fall. This unusual ...

Weather on Jupiter may have some surprising similarities to Earth phenomena, but some things it does defy easy explanation.

Planetary scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, now say that hailstorms of mushballs accompanied by fierce lightning actually exist on Jupiter. In fact, mushball hailstorms may occur ...

The weather forecast for Jupiter calls for clouds with a chance of lightning and "mushballs"—a slushy mix of ammonia and ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is closing in on its second close encounter with an asteroid, expected to happen on April 20, 2025.

Imagine a Slushee composed of ammonia and water encased in a hard shell of water ice. Now picture these ice-encrusted ...