Icy moons circling the outer planets may be far more dynamic—and explosive—than they appear. New research suggests that when ...

Astronomers used RR Lyrae stars to trace the early Milky Way, revealing a rapid formation of its halo and disk, with chemical patterns similar to Andromeda.

Enceladus Partners, a family office focused on partnering with businesses in the lower middle-market, announced it has completed an investment in Embarq Creative in partnership with founders Karen ...

On a chilly morning at Marlboro Elementary, three eighth graders gather around a table strewn with notebooks, laptops, and a stack of planetary data sheets. They’re not just ...

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...

Our solar system hosts almost 900 known moons; more than 400 orbit the eight planets while the remaining orbit dwarf planets, ...

New observations show a small Saturn moon has generated electromagnetic waves that extend more than 313,000 miles behind it inside Saturn’s magnetic field. That newly measured reach reveals a tiny icy ...

If you’re interested in extraterrestrial life, these past few years have given an embarrassment of places to look, even in our own solar system. Mars has been an obvious choice since before ...

Hours after saying that Barack Obama acted improperly by allegedly sharing classified information with Americans when he said ...

Astrobiologists say we could find evidence of microbial life within the next 10–20 years. What does that mean? Where are we ...

At the edge of the Antarctic Peninsula, far from research stations and tourist routes, a small team collected seawater in ...

Enceladus, one of Saturn’s smallest moons, has long fascinated scientists with its icy surface and mysterious geysers.