The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...

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Deep in China’s Hubei province, a structure designed to tame nature may also be nudging the planet’s rotation. The Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydroelectric power station, has long ...

Thanks to NASA's Cassini spacecraft which has been orbiting Saturn since 2004, scientists have been able to observe for the first time ever the seasonal atmospheric circulation direction change on ...

Scientists at a British university have produced the first 3D map of Uranus, offering an unprecedented view of the ice ...