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The Planet category provides scientific information, discoveries and interesting details about planets in the Solar System and beyond. In this category, you can find in-depth content on the formation of planets, their atmospheric structures, surface features and the discovery process. It also provides up-to-date information on newly discovered exoplanets, the potential of planets to host life and the latest developments in space exploration.
Scientists Uncover Uneven Research on Climate Tipping Points
A systematic study of over 20,000 publications reveals that scientific research on climate tipping points is distributed unevenly, leaving key elements like boreal permafrost thaw with minimal risk analysis.
How Does the Arsia Mons Cloud Form on Mars Without Dust?
European Space Agency observations reveal that the Arsia Mons cloud on Mars likely condenses directly from water vapor without dust, through homogeneous nucleation.
Niobium Discovery Uncovers White Dwarf Pollution from Stellar Ashes
The detection of niobium in a white dwarf reveals that polluting debris originated from the star's own shed ashes, pointing to a second-generation planet candidate.
Hubble Data Uncovers a Second-Generation Planet Candidate
Archival Hubble Space Telescope observations reveal high levels of niobium in white dwarf HS 0209+0832, pointing to a candidate second-generation planet born from stellar ejecta.
Why Wildfire Pyrocumulonimbus Clouds Reach the Stratosphere
NASA's INSPYRE campaign deploys research aircraft into wildfire plumes to uncover how pyrocumulonimbus clouds form, inject smoke into the stratosphere, and drive severe local weather.
NASA’s Webb Examines Extreme Debris Disks Around Young Stars
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has analyzed 21 extreme debris disks, revealing how violent planetary collisions between Mars-sized and Moon-sized protoplanets shape infant stellar systems.
Extra Snowfall Cannot Prevent Locked Antarctica Ice Loss
A new Nature Geoscience study shows Antarctica ice loss will continue this century even under ambitious climate limits, as warming oceans erode ice shelves.
Red Planet Welcomes Mars New Year as Orbit 39 Begins Its Cycle
On September 30, 2026, Mars begins Orbit 39 at the northern spring equinox, renewing the planetary calendar that planetary scientists use to monitor weather, sol rotations, and global dust storms.
How Hurricane Polo Struck Mexico’s Coast and Moved Inland
Hurricane Polo made landfall in Baja California Sur as a Category 2 storm with 110 mph winds, prompting emergency evacuations and widespread flood warnings before heading toward Sonora.
Cassini Plume Analysis Strengthens Hope for Life on Enceladus
Two new studies in Science Advances show that ice grains from Saturn's moon Enceladus separate ocean minerals during slow freezing, while Earth microbes tolerate its alkaline waters.