So far, humanity has yet to find its first "exomoon"—a moon orbiting a planet outside of the solar system. But that hasn't ...

New research casts doubt on the prospects for a habitable, active environment beneath the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon ...

Europa Clipper has officially commenced. The highly anticipated NASA mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa for signs of habitability launched on Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Imagine a real-life version of Pandora, the breathtakingly beautiful world from James Cameron’s Avatar. This may not be a mere flight of fancy, as scientists have recently discovered a ‘disappearing’ ...

Universe Today reports on a new telescope proposal that could help astronomers detect Earth-sized exomoons, explaining current limits, future technology, and why moons around distant planets matter ...

A mission to study one of the solar system’s most promising environments that may be suitable for life has lifted off. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft — designed to explore its namesake, Jupiter’s ...

Can life survive in the solar system once the sun dies and becomes a red giant star? New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer ...

NASA is set to livestream the launch of its Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in a search for signs for possible alien life. Europa Clipper will enter orbit ...

As Alpha Centauri moves away from its companion star, astronomers are training new instruments on the system -- hoping to catch sight of an elusive "superhabitable" planet. Share on Facebook (opens in ...

Scientists have uncovered new types of organics in icy geysers spouting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, bolstering the likelihood that the ocean world may harbor conditions suitable for life. Their ...

Moons in close binary solar systems have a better chance of hosting life than those in single-star systems, new research has shown. Top image: Avatar Binary stars dampen each other’s solar radiation ...

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) probe has spotted a habitable planet right here in our solar system — and its sensors are showing several molecules and elements in its ...