Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter's clouds. Instead of being formed of ammonia ice -- ...

New research from a team of citizen scientists challenges the old idea that Jupiter's visible clouds are formed of ammonia ...

They have published their findings in the journal JGR-Planets. The Martian atmosphere is overwhelmingly composed of carbon dioxide (CO2), with smaller amounts of other gases such as molecular ...

The SRU image from the flyby is explored in an article published in the journal JGR Planets on Dec. 22, 2023. The image shows an oddly-shaped area of the icy surface, measuring 23 miles by 42 ...

Elon Musk proposes renaming Mars as 'New World' and emphasizes the importance of establishing a self-sustaining human settlement on the planet for hum ...

The findings have been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets. The new discovery was triggered by amateur astronomer, Dr Steven Hill, based in Colorado. Recently, he ...