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Gale Crater on Mars ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy There may have been ancient tides on Mars, suggesting the presence of larger moons capable of influencing the planet’s…
The moon may have had a more intricate formation than previously believed. NASA/NOAA Recent theories suggest that multiple collisions with Earth might better elucidate the Moon’s…
The moon of Earth stands out as a prominent feature in our night sky. Scientists largely agree that during the early stages of Earth’s formation, a…
A recently identified moon boasts an estimated diameter of 38 kilometers (23.6 miles) and a V magnitude of 28, marking it as the faintest moon ever…
The recently identified moon has an approximate diameter of 38 kilometers (23.6 miles) and a V magnitude of 28, making it the faintest moon ever found…
Approximately 4.3 billion years ago, during the early formation of our solar system, a massive asteroid collided with the far side of the moon, resulting in…
The Antarctic Aitken Basin (the predominantly blue region in the center of this topographic representation) is an impact feature roughly 2500 kilometers in diameter, covered by…
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Saturn currently has a total of 274 moonsnasa/jpl/space science research institute Another 128 months were discovered, orbiting Saturn, bringing the planet to a total of 274.…
Today, the moon is a cold, dead world, but it hasn’t always been that way. Early in its history, the Moon was host to volcanic activity.…
A team of scientists from the University of Arizona, Delft University of Technology, and the California Institute of Technology's Lunar and Planetary Institute has developed a…
NASA’s Perseverance rover will pass in front of the sun on September 30, 2024, the 1,285th Martian day (Sol) since the start of its mission. I…
Europa Clipper launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 14, 2024 at 12:06 pm EDT, beginning a six-year journey to Jupiter's icy moon…
For decades, Jupiter’s icy moons have been considered one of the most promising places in the solar system to search for extraterrestrial life. Europa, thought to…
Using data collected by the Advanced Stellar Compass (ASC) and Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) on NASA’s Juno spacecraft, scientists have created the first complete 3D radiation…
Lunar samples collected by NASA's Apollo missions continue to enable new discoveries.NASA/ESA The Moon's largest crater is thought to have formed 4.338 billion years ago when…
Dinkinesh is a small asteroid orbiting the Sun near the inner edge of the main asteroid belt. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft recently revealed that this asteroid, with…
Satellite Galaxy Crater II The Milky Way's Crater 2 (or Crater 2) is located in the constellation Crater, about 380,000 light-years from Earth. This galaxy is…
Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes some crazy ideas for how to tinker with the universe and tests their effects against the laws…
of Negative Ion Laser Spectroscopy (NILS) Chinese Chang'e 6 Probe Negative ions have been detected on the surface of the moon. These ions are produced on…
Io, Jupiter’s innermost moon, is the most volcanically active object in the solar system. Joshimer Binas/Alamy Stock Photo Jupiter’s moon Io has been continually modified by…
Artist’s impression of the European Clipper near its namesake moonNASA Instruments aboard a NASA spacecraft scheduled to launch to Europe later this year could directly detect…
The three newly discovered moons (S/2023 U1, S/2002 N5, and S/2021 N1) are the faintest ever discovered around Uranus and Neptune using ground-based telescopes. Discovery image…
The lunar lander, known as Odysseus, is in good condition but resting on its side a day after making history as the first civilian spacecraft to…
From a detailed analysis of Mimas’s orbital motion based on data from NASA’s Cassini mission, planetary researchers from the Sorbonne, the University of Nantes, Queen Mary…
NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/Gregory M. M. Weigand NASA’s European Clipper mission will launch in October 2024 and head to Jupiter’s moon Europa, where it will search…
Uranus showing all its rings and 9 of the planet’s 27 moonsNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI This amazing shot of Uranus taken by the James Webb Space…