Astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus and hundreds of moons around Saturn over the past year, and there may be many ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, known for its massive size, strong gravity, powerful storms and many moons ...

Imagine never being able to dream of landing on Mars or traveling to Saturn. Not because it's impossible to get there, but ...

There could be a ninth planet in our solar system that's lying in wait to be discovered - and no, it's not Pluto. Our solar ...

Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact configuration and later underwent a violent reshuffling that scattered them to ...

3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...

The newly identified cluster of Kuiper Belt objects lies about 4 billion miles from the Sun, offering fresh clues about how ...

Early Mars seems to have had a protective atmosphere and liquid water in the form of oceans, rivers, and lakes. It may also ...