Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has partnered with the Carnegie Institution for Science to perform laboratory experiments that recreate the conditions of Saturn’s moon Titan in a tiny vial. The ...

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 ... Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of ...

Phobos and its smaller neighbouring moon, Deimos – both discovered in 1877 – are two of the most perplexing worlds in the solar system. “They’re the only objects at this stage, in the ...

A passing star may be responsible for more than three-fourths of the moons in our solar system as the stellar traveler flung massive rocky bodies into our cosmic neighborhood, a new study suggests.

The ongoing search for oceans in our solar system is taking us to Uranus. A new computer model, designed by researchers at the University of Texas, could help a future NASA mission locate liquid ...

The vastness of our Solar System and the distances involved ... and state the evidence which disproved the geocentric model (Jupiter had moons) and proved the heliocentric model (Mars ...