Jupiter, the giant of our Solar System, remains one of the most fascinating and mysterious planets to explore. With its ...

ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured footage of the Mars' moon Deimos pass in front of Ganymede, Europa, Jupiter, Io and ...

NASA spotted something moving in one of the moons of Jupiter. Some natural satellites have similar structures to the Earth, ...

What color is moonlight typically, and what other colors can moonlight look like from our perspective on Earth?

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian ...

Before defining what a light-year is, we should define what a light-year is not: It is not a measure of time, but rather a ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA's Europa Clipper mission on Monday launched a satellite to investigate Europa, Jupiter’s “mysterious moon” — a world covered in ice that scientists say could ...

NASA launched New Horizons to explore Pluto. In 2019, it visited the furthest object in the Solar System we have seen up close.

Lake Effect astronomy contributor Jean Creighton shares some myths behind some of our solar system’s most famous moons and ...

Volcanic planets with static crusts, called Ignan Earths, can maintain liquid oceans and temperate climates favorable to life.

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the +0.6-magnitude planet is low in the west-northwest and sets during twilight about 1.5 ...

From living matter to molecules to elementary particles, the world is made of “chiral” objects that differ from their ...