Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...
Truth behind viral NASA photo of last thing spacecraft saw before crashing in to Saturn
Moving in some high-risk pathways between Saturn and its inner rings, it successfully got closer to the planet to fulfil its ...
It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission
For now, it looks like NASA’s orange behemoth has a little life left in it. All the hardware for the Artemis II mission has ...
Smithsonian Magazine20d
The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Uranus
Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...
Space.com22d
Geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus may not come from its underground ocean
A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south pole. Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has long been considered a ...
Space.com on MSN8d
James Webb Space Telescope sees four giant alien planets circling nearby star (images)
"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...
National Geographic news14d
Saturn now has a ridiculous number of moons
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far beyond any other planet in our solar system. A natural-color view of ...
The New York Times15d
Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274
By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan reported on an earlier discovery of 62 moons around Saturn in 2023. Astronomers say they have discovered more than 100 new moons around Saturn ...