While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, its neighbor ...

Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander on the moon in this IM-1 mission animation. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: Intuitive Machines | edited by Steve Spaleta] Music: Echolocation by Laura Platt / ...

NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three new science investigations that will strengthen humanity's understanding and ...

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) that was launched in 2023 will take about 8 years to arrive at the jovian system ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The moon sets behind Monte Prena in Gran Sasso d'Italia National Park in January 2022. The stargazing calendar for 2026 gets off ...

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On Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei turned his self-built telescope, which he had recently made improvements to, towards Jupiter. There he noticed three spots of light. Though he first concluded they ...

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This year, astronomers discovered more than 100 previously unknown moons in our own solar system. There may be many more yet to be discovered, and cataloguing them could help us better understand how ...

Jupiter achieves opposition on January 10, providing optimal viewing of its extensive atmospheric details and dynamic Galilean moon transits, including a rare overlapping shadow transit of Callisto.

While 2025 was not as grand as 2024 for celestial events, we enjoyed several spectacular highlights. Skies were clear for the entire total lunar eclipse on March 14. The pairing of the two brightest ...