Assistant Professor Xinting Yu from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) is one of the two recipients of the 2025 Harold C. Urey Prize.

The Dragonfly rotorcraft, designed for Titan exploration, completes critical tests, ensuring readiness for its 2028 mission ...

A truly majestic sky sight last month was a close pairing of the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, at dawn Aug. 12.

Do we know what space actually smells like? And what about other planets, moons, and celestial bodies? Here's what the ...

The moon is about one-third of a mile (a half-kilometer) across and circles Saturn as a part of the planet's sixth, or G, ring. "Before Cassini, the G ring was the only dusty ring that was not clearly ...

In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric conditions play a key role in determining if a planet can sustain liquid ...

Explore the surprising discovery of Mimas, Saturn's 'Death Star' moon, which hides a young ocean beneath its surface.

If there’s one of these planets that could potentially sustain liquid water on the surface, it’s probably that one.” ...

Learn more about the planet that's 40 light-years away and resides within a Goldilocks Zone.

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is of like mind. Earlier this year, Musk said that the company aims to launch a small, ...

Organic molecules detected in the watery plumes that spew out from cracks in the surface of Enceladus could be formed through ...