Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a ...

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

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.

The exploration of ocean worlds and icy moons in our solar system has become a focal point in the search for extraterrestrial life. These celestial bodies, particularly Europa and Enceladus ...

Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size of the main body, unlike other moons in the solar system ... This new model tells us how the impact may have happened but not ...

Whereas our solar system's oldest moons, such as the inner moons of Jupiter ... who study the Pluto-Charon system have come up with a model that could solve the mystery. Their research was ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system ... new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus.

Pluto and Charon are in a region of the outer solar system beyond Neptune ... The team’s model could offer a new explanation for how some moons end up orbiting other worlds.

Eons ago, in the frigid depths of our solar system ... The study suggests that the existing model for the formation of Earth’s moon doesn’t perfectly apply to Pluto and Charon.