"An epic exploration of possibilities. What If is a Webby Award-winning science web series that takes you on a journey ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

"What If is an epic exploration of possibilities. What If is a Webby Award-winning science web series that takes you on a journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities, some in distant corners ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft snapped a stunning image of a cloud on Jupiter shaped like a dolphin, proving that even science has an ...

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...

Magnetic tornadoes twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere create massive, Earth-sized anticyclonic storms in the planet's atmosphere. These dark ovals, detectable only in ultraviolet light ...

Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense ...

Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system ...

"This is the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our solar system — so that's really ...

Jupiter, the gas giant, hides mysteries beneath its colorful bands that have intrigued scientists for centuries. A recent discovery, stemming from a technique accessible to amateurs, challenges our ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) per hour, but they are not the strongest in our solar system. The ...