The space around Uranus just got a bit more crowded.Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope recently announced the ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has made an exciting discovery, revealing a new moon orbiting Uranus, estimated to be just six miles in diameter. This tiny celestial body adds a new chapter to our ...

A 4-billion-year-old volcano? New research finds that Io, the solar system’s most volcanically active moon, can brag just that. A recent study of Io’s sulfurous atmosphere suggests that Jupiter’s moon ...

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Jupiter’s moon Ganymede has salts and organic compounds on its icy surface that were probably splattered there after squirting up from a buried ocean 1. Ganymede, which is the largest moon in the ...

Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a researcher realized that the Solar System's biggest moon's axis has shifted as a result of the impact, which confirmed ...

From Jupiter's swirling storms to Neptune's icy depths, planets across our solar system are orbited by a fascinating cast of moons. Some are massive and geologically active, while others are tiny, ...

Our solar system is a fantastically bizarre place. There are worlds as varied as our imagination can grasp -- in fact, they exhibit features we never imagined before ...

The Solar System is home to a remarkable range of planets, from tiny rocky worlds to massive gas giants. But just how big are ...

As humanity looks to establish a long-term presence on the Moon, we might need a team of robots to redirect incoming sunlight to shadowed regions that would otherwise never see the light of day. With ...