Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

By analyzing the movements of a mysterious cloud of sodium moving around the planet WASP-49 b, the team was able to construct a compelling argument for the presence of an exomoon. While many ...

NASA Juno spacecraft data has been used to create an animation of "Steeple Mountain" and a lava lake known as Loki Patera on ...

NASA regularly releases breathtaking images of Jupiter and its moons, highlighting diverse celestial features. Jupiter has 95 moons officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, many ...

Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...

On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper to Jupiter’s moons. Clipper will reach the ...

This artist’s concept depicts a potential volcanic moon between the exoplanet WASP-49 b, left, and its parent star. New evidence indicating that a massive sodium cloud observed near WASP-49 b is ...

NASA has released a new edition of Issue 4 of the Astrobiology Graphic History series. The issue now includes NASA's Europa ...

How many moons does Jupiter have? Scientists have discovered dozens of them, but the answer may be more complicated than it seems.

In November 2024, a supermoon will illuminate the sky, coinciding with various global festivals such as Kartik Purnima, Loy ...

Similarly, Jupiter's moons Io and Europa have a 2:1 resonance (for every two orbits Io makes around Jupiter, Europa makes one), which generates enough tidal forces to sustain an ocean beneath ...

Three of Jupiter’s moons – Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – are home to large, underground oceans of liquid water that could support life. This composite image shows, from top to bottom ...