Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.

The waxing gibbous Moon passes 5° north of Jupiter in Taurus at 6 P.M. EST. This evening, our satellite appears to Jupiter's ...

On Earth life is everywhere. There's practically no surface here without a microbe present. With life so abundant here on Earth, this begs the question, could life be elsewhere? In this video, I look ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

Few places in the solar system are better suited to a balloon than Titan. The combination of low gravity and high atmospheric ...

Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a ...

With 10 instruments and technology tests, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload ...

Geologically, Mars is very reminiscent of the moon. But it also looks a lot like the Earth. It all depends on who you ask.

Firefly Aerospace will team up with NASA to explore the lunar surface's Gruithuisen Domes, using sophisticated instruments ...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

Saturn as seen from one of its largest moons are the latest example of silver and gold coins for Niue, and are now available.

Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...