Solar System

The second interstellar visitor to our solar system is closing in on the Sun, according to reports from Universe Today. Comet...

The standard features of a planetary system include two things that we know of: 1. A host star, and 2. Planets. That’s it. The...

With the recent confirmation of water vapor being blasted into the atmosphere on Jupiter's moon Europa and the "building blocks of...

When Voyager 2 slipped into interstellar space it marked a new foray into uncharted waters, and the first data that it returned is...

NASA scientists revealed the first-ever global geological map of Saturn's moon Titan yesterday, giving a glimpse of the icy giant's...

NASA scientists have finally confirmed what they've suspected all along: that it is indeed water vapor – good old life-supporting...

It seems like the stuff of science fiction to see huge planets wheeling across the sky, but that’s exactly what amateur astronomer...

I never tire of thinking about how humanity will eventually go the way of the dinosaur. I find a strange kind of comfort in...

ESO Photo ReleaseAstronomers using ESO’s SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the asteroid Hygiea...

Saturn just surpassed Jupiter as the planet with the most known moons, according to CNN. A team of scientists led by Scott S. Sheppard...

The reasonable approach – assuming the possession of such a faculty – to encountering a new planet that shows some form of...

A study presented by The Goddard Institute for Space Science's Michael Way at the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019 in Switzerland  last...

There's a verse from Genesis – the book in the Bible, not the project involving legendary drummer Phil Collins – that I frequently...

Whether you've been hoping to catch a fireball this year or you just want a better way to spend a Monday night than drinking yourself...

NASA announced last night that their much-discussed Dragonfly project which plans to deliver a quadcopter drone to the surface of...

Jupiter’s trademark red storm is breathing its last. An astronomical landmark as iconic as Saturn’s rings, recent photographs have...

It's strange to think that we'll likely see the first human colonies on Mars – a planet that appears as a tiny rust-colored dot in...

Astronomers at the SETI Institute have discovered a previously unnoticed, city-sized moon orbiting Neptune, thanks to the Hubble...

Scientists at Rice University are claiming that the essential elements – including nitrogen and carbon – that make life on Earth...

Saturn's moon Titan has been heralded as a possible home for extraterrestrial life and a target for future human colonies, largely due...