An experiment mimicking conditions on the Saturn moon suggests that cell-like bubbles don’t form in methane lakes, puncturing hopes for alien life.

Within astrology, our moon signs represent our feelings, memories and vulnerabilities. Once we assess our lunar DNA, we can comprehend the connection to maternal influences in our lives and how we ...

Jupiter's moons can have surprising effects on the world's displays of auroral lights by "stomping down" on the planet's ...

"ULA’s Centaur (with minor modifications) is the only existing in-space propulsion stage capable of meeting the SLS upper stage design parameters and performance characteristics, while also meeting ...

A bright new lunar crater detected in spacecraft images shows that asteroid impacts continue to reshape the Moon’s surface today. The Moon’s familiar surface tells a story of both ancient violence and ...

Nearly 20 years ago, an iconic part of the Star Wars sci-fi film franchise made a trip aboard NASA's Space Shuttle for a ...

A new study proposes that a crash between Titan and another moon spawned Hyperion and, much later, destabilized Saturn’s ...

"Located approximately 20 miles to the southwest of Houston, Sugar Land was originally established as Imperial Sugar’s ...

New research shows that some frozen moons may hide boiling oceans beneath their icy shells, shaping strange surface features.

Icy moons circling the outer planets may be far more dynamic—and explosive—than they appear. New research suggests that when ...

Saturn’s moon Mimas earned the nickname “Death Star Moon” because of one enormous crater called Herschel. With steep walls and a central peak, it looks exactly like the superlaser dish from Star Wars.

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have been born in a colossal cosmic crash. New research suggests Titan formed when two older moons slammed together hundreds of millions of years ago—an event so ...