The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...

The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.

Studying young gas giant exoplanets' compositions and orbits could help us better understand how our own solar system's gas ...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life.

Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in ...

If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's ...

Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in ...

“These moons are a few kilometers in size and are likely all fragments of a smaller number of originally captured moons that ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...