Smithsonian Magazine

Mercury Has Wrinkles That Show It’s Shrinking. Now, Scientists Say the Planet Has Shriveled Far More Than Previously Thought

A new study suggests that our solar system’s smallest planet has shrunk by up to 30 percent since its birth roughly 4.5 billion years ago ...

Radio Waves Coming From an Alien Planet May Be a Cosmic First

Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field ...

Q&A: An Earth-like planet with two suns?

A nearby star system with two suns could potentially support an Earth-sized planet in a region where liquid water could exist ...
Forbes

Astronomers Close In On ‘Planet Nine’ As Hints Found

An artist's illustration of a possible ninth planet in our solar system, hovering at the edge of our solar system. Neptune's orbit is shown as a bright ring around the Sun. Scientists in Taiwan ...
Yahoo Finance

Planet Launches Two Additional High-Resolution Pelican Satellites

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Epsilon Indi Ab, a Large Planet Found in Our Neighborhood

Why Epsilon Indi Ab is attracting attentionA planet heavier than Jupiter, located 12 light-years awayAbout 12 light-years ...

Could this faint object be Planet Nine? Scientists find a 23-year-old infrared clue that may finally point toward the elusive world beyond Neptune

Terry Long Phan and a team at Taiwans National Tsing Hua University found a potential ninth planet by looking through ...

Three Reasons To Rethink Planet Labs Stock

Planet Labs (PL) stock has fallen 49% in three months, while the S&P 500 rose 2.7%. Even after that fall, buyers pay 16.6 ...