Explore space with these fun solar system worksheets. Kids will learn about planets, moon phases, and space exploration through hands-on activities. Perfect for home or classroom use, these ...

Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain on Earth, but it's nothing compared to the towering giants scattered across our ...

Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...

New research confirms Jupiter's moon Io has been a volcanic hellscape for almost the Solar System’s entire 4.57 billion-year history.

Ganymede, which is the largest moon in the Solar System, is also one of its ‘ocean worlds’. Most of these are moons that have an icy crust on top of a subsurface ocean.

There’s a newfound ocean in the outer Solar System, and it’s in a very surprising place 1. Mimas, a mid-sized moon of Saturn, turns out to have an ocean beneath its icy surface — despite ...

The massive solar outburst washed over Earth, the moon and Mars, bathing them in radiation. And, for the first time, instruments on all three bodies measured the same event almost simultaneously.

This article is part of a special report on the total solar eclipse that will be visible from parts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada on April 8, 2024.. On April 8, 2024, a broad swath of North ...

The new 'Moon King' NASA JPL's Solar System Dynamics team currently recognizes 268 "traditional" moons in the solar system — 1 for Earth, 2 for Mars, 95 for Jupiter, 124 for Saturn, 27 for ...

The most volcanic body in the solar system, Jupiter’s moon Io offers some clues to how icy ocean worlds might maintain their liquid interiors. Photograph: Ted Stryk/NASA/SwRI/MSS.

There are so many interesting solar system facts, here are some of our favorites. For about a quarter of each Uranus year (or 21 Earth years, as each Uranus year is 84 years long), the sun shines ...