Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, is exhibiting geothermal activity far beyond what scientists had anticipated, with heat levels ...

Models help scientists understand everything from the particles that make up the universe to massive superstructures of galaxies at the beginning of time. But sometimes they model more mundane, though ...

Using data from NASA's Juno spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the solar system's most volcanic body is even hotter than we thought. In fact, Jupiter's moon Io could be emitting hundreds of ...

Trapped in a gravitational push and pull between Jupiter and other Jovian moons, Io is constantly being stretched and compressed. Heat generated by these contortions has melted pockets of the moon's ...

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind. While many other objects in the solar system have single moons, including some ...

Spectacular aurorae dance and shimmer nearly continuously at Jupiter’s poles. These grand displays are driven by energetic particles that are funneled toward the poles within Jupiter’s vast ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain life, according to multiple space agencies. Astronomers have captured ...

What just happened? The James Webb space telescope has captured what is likely to be the first exoplanet discovered using the advanced observatory. An international team of astronomers uncovered the ...

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We report the discovery of two new planets: a 1.94 M-Jup planet in a 1.8 yr orbit of HD 5319, and a 2.51M(Jup) planet in a 1.1 yr orbit of HD 75898. The measured eccentricities are 0.12 for HD 5319b ...

Moons orbiting exoplanets ("exomoons") may hold clues about planet formation, migration, and habitability. In this work, we investigate the plausibility of exomoons orbiting the temperate (T eq = 294 ...