Whilst existing models of the solar system placed the Earth at the centre, Galileo’s observation of moons orbiting Jupiter provided strong evidence that this so-called geocentric model was wrong and ...

The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.

People in the northern hemisphere will be able to see Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars during the planetary parade. The next full moon is the snow moon ... $30 — relatively ...

Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense atmosphere formed.

Titan, the second-largest moon in our solar system after Jupiter's Ganymede ... the Astrophysical Journal that proposed a theoretical model for the replenishment of Titan's atmosphere.

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

Astronomers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center may have discovered a star hurtling through the Milky Way with a planet ...

A new chemotaxis-based method could revolutionize the search for extraterrestrial life by detecting microbes movement on Mars ...

An international collaboration including U-M researchers have used JWST to provide an unprecedented window into the formation of planets around young ...

Nov. 26, 2024 — Dark ovals in Jupiter's polar haze ... detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible ...