"We believe that continuing such activities will further expand our horizon in the field of planetary science." ...

Each planet and moon in our Solar System poses unique challenges, from deadly heat and toxic skies to crushing gravity and ...

For the study, the researchers used data obtained from the Japanese meteorological satellites Himawari-8 and Himawari-9, which were launched in October 2014 and November 2016, respectively, to study ...

PERSEID METEOR SHOWER: The Perseid meteor shower is caused by the Earth traveling through the tail of comet Swift-Tuttle. The ...

Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets in our solar system, are about to make their closest approach during their August conjunction.

Jupiter and Venus will appear closest over Aug. 11-12, according to NASA, appearing as if they’re “grazing” each other despite still being millions of miles apart. It comes as a popular meteor shower, ...

Japan's Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 satellites, designed to study weather here on Earth, have also been quietly collecting valuable data on Venus for nearly a decade, scientists recently discovered.