A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

Astronomers have uncovered new evidence that Jupiter’s moon Callisto likely harbors a massive underground ocean, potentially ...

The thickness of Europa’s ice shell and its interaction with the ocean below. ・The composition of the moon’s surface to determine if it contains key ingredients for life. ・The geological ...

“Such an estimate is indeed questionable, because we do not know what the ring composition was when ... Clipper mission to study Jupiter’s moon Europa, which is similarly dynamically linked ...

Even the composition of Titanian sand ... the surface—as is the case on Jupiter’s moons Europa and Ganymede, Titan’s fellow Saturnian moon Enceladus, possibly Neptune’s moon Triton ...

Beyond just measuring Ceres’ surface features, the Dawn mission provided crucial data about the dwarf planet‘s composition through various ... like Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus.” ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar lander snapped incredible photographs of the March 13–14 total lunar eclipse, ...

"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to ...

A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...

When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...

NASA has been preparing for their Europa Clipper mission since 2013, when the mission’s pre-project was approved. The spacecraft is roughly the length of a basketball court, making it the ...