Adatoms are single atoms that get adsorbed onto the surface of a solid material and are known to hop randomly from one spot ...

Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing ...

You can even spot thin, stripe-like patterns, called striations, on the Sun’s surface. This is the first time they've ever ...

The Sun’s magnetic field is stronger than Earth’s own, and in certain variable regions it can be thousands of times stronger.

A team of solar physicists has released a new study shedding light on the fine-scale structure of the sun's surface. Using ...

Jupiter joins Mercury in early twilight as Mars lingers with Leo after dark. Saturn is visible in the morning, meeting ...

Changes in light intensity as the light from the star traveled through the various strata of the atmosphere showed the physical properties of Uranus' stratosphere and other atmospheric features.

By watching how the star’s light dimmed and brightened as it passed behind Uranus, scientists were able to measure key features of the planet’s atmosphere ... It does not have a solid surface, but ...

They're solid bodies with visible surface features that can be easily seen ... there are giant storms that can act as markers. Uranus is another matter entirely. About 63 times the size of Earth ...

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have moons astronomers think ... Chloe Beddingfield of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. "No other surface features show evidence of ...

Water becomes a supercritical fluid, converting from a gas to a liquid, at this extremely high pressure, which is more than 60,000 times that of the Earth’s surface. Why are Neptune and Uranus ...