Discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610, it’s 1,900 miles in diameter — smaller than Earth’s moon — but ... showing chloride on Europa's surface, suggest that the water most likely became chloride rich.

Dragonfly is an eight-rotor, nuclear-powered dual-quadcopter (octocopter) reminiscent of advanced drones but customized for ...

NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the outer planets through a program called OPAL (Outer Planet ...

The communications lag between Earth and Jupiter means missions to Europa will need to be smart to deal with problems on ...

NASA Juno mission captured amazing new imagery of Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft flew about 219 miles (352 kilometers) over the surface of the moon. Credit: Space.com | imagery credit: Credit : ...

Thus, when studying Enceladus, every detail really matters — which brings us to a new, very strange detail that scientists ...

By Ed Wallace, 1st Year, Politics and Social Policy For as long as humans have gazed at the stars, one question has always ...

Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are each likely powered by their own chamber of roiling hot magma rather than an ocean of magma.

Hundreds of volcanoes and lava lakes on Jupiter’s moon Io are likely powered in the same way as Earth’s volcanoes.

In 1874, James Nasmyth and James Carpenter published a remarkable book: The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite. Lavishly illustrated with spectacular images of lunar features ...

The Giant Impact Hypothesis has long fascinated scientists as the leading explanation for the Moon's formation. Around 4.5 ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...