Makemake is one of many icy worlds that orbit the Sun past Neptune. It is a smaller than Pluto, and is encased in methane ice. Some researchers think that the hydrogen in Makemake’s methane ...

Elon Musk is confident of unmanned SpaceX Starships going to Mars in the 2026 launch window. The Starships will bring ...

The global annual mean CO 2 concentration in 2023 was 419.2 ppm—a 51% increase from the concentration of 277 ppm in 1750 found from air trapped in Antarctic ice. Other long-lived greenhouse gases also ...

The atmospheres of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune may be separated into layers that don't mix, like oil and water.

Find out more about the world's oldest and deepest river, Lake Baikal – and why bubbles under its surface threaten to harm ...

New models using Voyager 2 data show that separate layers in the planets’ mantles could be creating disordered magnetic ...

Ground is collapsing and massive lakes are draining in a matter of days. Thawing permafrost is having profound effects on the ...

Diamond rain? Super-ionic water? These are just two proposals that planetary scientists have come up with for what lies ...

For years, Trump has openly doubted the reality of climate change. With his return to the presidency, many fear a reversal of hard-won climate progress ...

Measurements from 'Lost' Seaglider Offer New Insights Into Antarctic Ice Melting Nov. 8, 2024 — New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to ...

According to Militzer, Earth, which has a neat, bar-magnet-like magnetic field generated by its molten iron core, Uranus and ...

A thawing Arctic will promote the release of greenhouse gases including methane and carbon dioxide. Permafrost is ground that ...