Solar System

Of all the planets in our solar system, Earth has the coolest eclipses. None of our neighboring planets have moons that are big enough...

Cosmic objects like asteroids aren’t just big rocks threatening the future of civilization in blockbuster sci-fi flicks (and,...

You may know about Voyager 1's primary claim to fame as the farthest spacecraft from Earth (and the carrier of one of the fabulous...

Many scientists will wholeheartedly agree that climate change is the most pressing threat facing humans today. Legendary theoretical...

The Mars 2117 Project is the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) plan to have a functional human colony on Mars by the year 2117. This...

The Cassini space probe has been on quite the journey through our Solar System--since its launch in 1997, it has endured 20 years of...

We're all familiar with the "Pluto is a planet" controversy — classified as a planet in the 1930s, sadly demoted to a "dwarf...

It may not be a planet anymore, but that doesn't mean Pluto is out of our reach. So when NASA asked, "What would it be like to...

Recent studies have indicated that there is likely a subsurface ocean underneath Pluto's Sputnik Planitia. But does that mean there...

Two new studies on Pluto were published on Wednesday, revealing a controversy about what lies beneath an icy impact basin in the...

Get hyped, astronomy and werewolf enthusiasts--the biggest supermoon since 1948 is coming next Monday, November 14th! It's the...

Saturn's moon Titan has always been a mystery, especially because its dense atmosphere wouldn't allow astronomers to peek at its...

Mars is on everybody's minds, from Elon Musk's plan to make humanity a multiplanetary species to President Obama's announcement that...

Have you ever wanted to explore our entire Solar System, but didn't want to get off your couch, let alone put in the work to become an...

After an historic voyage, Cassini is about to kamikaze into Saturn. In one year, the long-lasting mission will finally come to an end...

NASA has just received the first data and images of Jupiter’s north pole from the Juno spacecraft, and what they’ve found is...

Saturn's rings are one of the most iconic and instantly-recognizable visuals in our Solar System. But in the Keeler Gap, a wide...

These days, Earth is the only known habitable planet in our Solar System, and the best candidates for potential habitability are Mars...

Where are all of Ceres' large craters? This is a question that has plagued astronomers for years, and now we might finally have the...

Back in the late seventies, the Voyager missions revealed that Jupiter's visually striking "Great Red Spot" was actually a perpetual...