Cassini was one of the most remarkable space missions of all time, exploring Saturn and its moons for 13 years before its ...

Why has silicon, one of the most common elements in the universe, gone largely undetected in the atmospheres of Jupiter, ...

An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturn’s ...

Two marquee celestial moments will headline late September, giving stargazers a bright planet to admire and a seasonal reset ...

"Makemake is one of the largest and brightest icy worlds beyond Neptune, and its surface is dominated by frozen methane," ...

This is a challenging mission for a number of reasons, beginning with getting down to the surface. Because Titan has a thick atmosphere, it will take about 90 minutes for the spacecraft to descend.

Located about 50 light-years away, it combines features of both young and ancient brown dwarfs, making it unusually difficult to classify.

A Southwest Research Institute-led team has reported the first detection of gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake, using ...

On 1813, U.S. naval units under the command of Capt. Oliver Perry defeated a British squadron in the Battle of Lake Erie.

Though no direct evidence of life has been found, models suggest Ceres had hot water shooting into its underground oceans ...

If we’ll ever find life outside our solar system, it will not be an instant discovery. Save for the slim possibility of an intelligent civilization beaming a message in our direction, evidence for ...