Twenty years ago, the Huygens probe achieved humanity's first landing on a moon in the outer solar system when it touched ...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

Titan has always been an intriguing satellite. Not only is this moon that orbits Saturn believed to be intricate and complex, but it also looks eerily similar to the Earth whenever you look at it.

There are currently 92 moons known to orbit Jupiter. The four largest – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 when he pointed the first astronomical telescope ...

The Wolf Moon will arrive on Jan. 13, 2025, at 05:27 p.m. ET, according to NASA. The moon will appear full for about three ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The first full moon of 2025 is the called the Wolf Moon. It will be rising into the night sky this week.

Looking further into the future, scientists dream of even more ambitious missions. Some ideas include sending submarines into ...

They are more commonly referred to as the Galilean moons of Jupiter owing to the fact that they were discovered by Galileo. The four Galilean moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – are ...

Galileo Galilei's telescopic discovery of Jupiter's four moons in 1610 revolutionized astronomy and supported heliocentric ...

But what about Venus, one of Earth’s closest neighbors, or planets and moons even farther away? Scientists and space agencies ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up with the gas giant in ...

Saturn as seen from one of its largest moons are the latest example of silver and gold coins for Niue, and are now available.