planets

Researchers may have identified the missing component in the chemistry of the Venusian clouds that would explain their colour and 'splotchiness' in...

How did the molecular building blocks for life end up on Earth? One long-standing theory is that they could have been delivered by comets. Now...

Ancient rocks from the Isle of Rum in northwest Scotland are playing an important role in an international space mission to discover more about Mars...

An international team of researchers has revealed new evidence for the possible existence of liquid water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars.

A new way of dating collisions between asteroids and planetary bodies throughout our Solar System’s history could help scientists reconstruct how and...

A new study shows it’s theoretically possible. The hypothesis could be tested soon with proposed Venus-bound missions.

Professor Nicholas Tosca from the University of Cambridge is the only UK scientist selected by NASA to be part of the core science team for the Mars...

A UK-led team of astronomers has discovered a rare molecule – phosphine – in the clouds of Venus, pointing to the possibility of extra-terrestrial ‘...