Planets

While parked ahead of a pause in duties for the Mars solar conjunction, Curiosity put its Hazcams to another use

Dust clouds dragged from Syria by strong winds have covered the skies over many southeastern and central Anatolia provinces on June 3.

"People residing in these provinces should not go out if not necessary, or wear face masks," prominent meteorologist Orhan Şen said.

African dust is also forecast

“Either liquid water is common beneath Mars’ south pole, or these signals are indicative of something else”

A study measuring water concentration in Venus's atmosphere has concluded that life as we know it is not possible among the sulphuric acid droplets that make up the planet's famously cloudy skies.

NASA is returning to sizzling Venus, our closest yet perhaps most overlooked neighbor, after decades of exploring other worlds.

The space agency's new administrator, Bill Nelson, announced two new robotic missions to the solar system's hottest planet, during his first major address to employees on June 2. 

There’s considerable debate about the true habitability of Proxima b

Nasa has released a stunning image from Mars showing an area covered by a sea of "blue" sand dunes.

The picture shows the sand dunes covering the planet's northern polar cap, where temperatures can reach as low as -150C (-238F).

Nasa says the sand dunes actually cover an area the size of Texas, the second largest US state, which has an area of about 695,662 km²

Turkey's eastern and western regions have been hit by adverse weather conditions, with experts warning for the possibility for weather disturbances to continue.

The article about the discovery is published in the prestigious Science Magazine and the lead author is Trifon Trifonov of Max Planck Institute of Astronomy who is an alumni of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski University, Faculty of Physics.