A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As ...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar planets' orbiting a ...

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has delivered jaw-dropping video of Pluto's moon Nix, showcasing something no one expected towering ice mountains, some as high as 11,000 feet. These magnificent ice ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

So we’ve got to dig ourselves out of that hole.” Stories by Terry Pluto Inside how the Cavs became a ‘coachable’ team — Terry Pluto As coach & players leave, can Cleveland State men’s ...

Convection occurs when heated material rises toward a planet’s surface and cooler materials sink ... by slow convection currents in a 4 km-thick layer of solid nitrogen ice. “Pluto is probably only ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may ... These polygons are formed by slow convection currents in a 4 km-thick layer of solid nitrogen ice. "Pluto is probably only the ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of ... convection currents in a 4 km-thick layer of solid nitrogen ice. "Pluto is probably only the second planetary body in the solar system ...