Several small worlds beyond Jupiter are not just frozen rubble. Beneath their shining skins, many hide oceans of liquid water ...

Across the outer solar system, some of the tiniest icy satellites are emerging as unlikely candidates for extreme internal oceans, where water may simmer or even boil beneath frozen crusts. Instead of ...

NASA and NOAA teams reported an annual maximum of 8.83 million square miles on September 9. They said this made it the fifth ...

Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide boiling oceans underneath their surfaces, a new study finds.

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On November 9, at 3 A.M. EST, the Moon will pass 4° due north of Jupiter, with both celestial bodies observable in Gemini during early morning hours. Jupiter, shining at magnitude –2.4, will be easily ...

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A beaver supermoon will reach peak brightness Wednesday morning, according to Smithsonian Magazine, marking the closest and brightest full moon of 2025. The moon will hit its peak at 5:19 a.m. on Nov.

A supermoon is when the moon is full on its closest approach to the Earth in its orbit. The Moon’s orbit around the Sun isn’t completely circular - it is an elliptical orbit, meaning it’s sometimes a ...

Get ready for a beautiful evening sky tonight. According to Space.com, the brilliant beaver moon — the largest supermoon of the year— will be on full display in North America at moonrise on tonight.

Pluto pulled Adeene Denton into its orbit during her undergraduate internship at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. It was summer 2015, when the New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past the ...