"Our experiments provide clues to better understand JWST Europa observations and serve as a prelude to upcoming close-range investigations by Europa Clipper and ESA's JUICE spacecraft." ...

"I can't wait to see the science that it produces and the impact that it has. I think it will help people around the world." ...

Look east around 4 a.m. local time, just before dawn, to see the slender form of the crescent moon climb above the horizon.

A new U.S.–India satellite called NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) will provide high-resolution data enabling ...

Mission scientists "waited with bated breath" to see if their last-minute operation to save a spacecraft's camera hundreds of millions of miles away had worked.

Two new moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total number of natural satellites orbiting the gas giant ...

From Roman augurs to satellite tech, Italy has shaped meteorology for over 2,000 years—mixing tradition, invention, and scientific progress ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA's Europa Clipper mission on Monday launched a satellite to investigate Europa, Jupiter’s “mysterious moon” — a world covered in ice that scientists say could ...

Macquarie astronomers confirm massive planet TOI-2109b is spiralling towards its star, facing destruction via tidal forces, stellar consumption, or atmospheric stripping.

What color is moonlight typically, and what other colors can moonlight look like from our perspective on Earth?

Humanity’s need to track the Moon's changing phases and motions is ancient. Mammoth hunters used the Moon as a timekeeper, carving crescent-shaped notches into bone and tusk. Sumerian astronomers ...

As of today, astronomers have identified 95 moons orbiting Jupiter. Hubble Space Telescope image of Jupiter and three of its four Galilean satellites during a rare triple transit. Image of Jupiter and ...