The Hubble Space Telescope has been surveying space since 1990 and has captured some interesting cosmic elements in action.

The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to ...

The Solar System is more than just planets; it is home to a dazzling variety of moons, each with its own unique charm. Some ...

Earlier this year, a team of astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus that is minuscule, with a diameter of about 10km.

Theia, the world that helped form the Moon, came from the Solar System. Chemical clues in Earth and Moon rocks reveal this ...

If we find technological satellites of Jupiter that we did not send, it would imply that Jupiter is of interest to an ...

Scientists traced the Moon's parent planet Theia to the inner Solar System, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery.

Fossils reveal a giant lamniform shark lived 115 million years ago in Australia. The discovery shows early modern sharks grew ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research led the study. They examined iron isotopes in 15 Earth ...

Earlier this week Comet 3I/ATLAS was beautifully captured as it continues to speed away from the Sun following its closest approach to our star ...

Io, moon of Jespiter Jupiter, is famously volcanically active. It has more than 400 active volcanoes, over an area the size of Asia. Some of the volcanic mountains are taller than Mount Everest. The ...

Miranda, a small moon of Uranus, hides a feature so extreme that it defies most Earth-bound comparisons. Verona Rupes, a ...