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Scientists map sulfur residue on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa

The Hubble Space Telescope was used by a team led by the Southwest Research Institute to observe Jupiter's moon, Europa, at ultraviolet wavelengths, filling...

Modelling electrolyte transport in water-rich exoplanet

A modelling study published in Nature Communications suggests that oceans on water-rich exoplanets may be enriched with electrolytes, including salts like sodium chloride. The...

Dynamics of ocean worlds likely controlled by their rotation

Discovering that many of the large moons in the outer solar system may host significant subsurface oceans of liquid water has been a key...

James Webb Telescope Reveals Surprising Features of Saturn’s Rings

Get ready to be amazed by the latest James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image as it unveils the secrets hidden within Saturn's celestial realm. In...

Large volcanic outburst on discovered on Jupiter’s moon Io

Jeff Morgenthaler of the Planetary Science Institute discovered a large volcanic outburst on Jupiter's moon Io using PSI's Io Input/Output observatory (IoIO). Since 2017, PSI...

Neptune and rings shine in photos from new space telescope

Neptune and its rings haven't been this beautiful in decades. NASA released new images of our solar system's outermost planet taken by the James Webb...

A new explanation for why Jupiter’s moon has splendid dunes

Scientists have long wondered how Jupiter's innermost moon which is Io, has meandering ridges as grand as any that can be seen in movies...

Astronomers find signature of magnetic field on an exoplanet

Scientists have found out the first signature of a magnetic field. This magnetic field is surrounding a planet outside of our solar system. Earth...

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