Uranus, the third-largest planet in our solar system ... wind event that colored scientists’ conclusions about the ice giant.

"The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet, so the question we’re trying to ask here is: Is the Arctic ...

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of the solar system's other ice giant, the planet Uranus. The new image ... Evidence That Saturn's Moon Mimas Is a Stealth Ocean World ...

Ancient glaciers triggered floods that altered ocean chemistry, supporting evolving life. Scientists uncover how past events ...

If we continue adding carbon to the atmosphere, we’ll very likely create an ice-free planet, with an average ... of islands and the Central Valley a giant bay. The Gulf of California would ...

which help to keep the planet cool, currently have less ice than ever previously recorded, satellite data shows. Sea-ice around the north and south poles acts like a giant mirror by reflecting ...

"When these giant ice sheets melted, they triggered enormous ... activity set off chemical chain reactions that reshaped the planet." Professor Kirkland said the study also offered a new ...

The ball hangs in the void, lonely and gleaming in the light from its star. From pole to equator, the sphere is covered in a thick crust of ice. In orbit around the white planet is a single cratered ...

A strange cast of ferocious predators and giant herbivores lived here during the ice age. Graham Duggan Most ... lions roamed the entire planet. The American cave lion (Panthera atrox) called ...

Arctic sea-ice is currently at its smallest recorded extent for the time of year, while Antarctic sea-ice is close to a new low in satellite records going back to the late 1970s.