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Recently, researchers, using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, have been investigating the weather on Saturn's moon ...
A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds ...
Scientific American spoke with the astronomer who has contributed to the discovery of two thirds of Saturn’s known moons ...
It was a race against the rising sun as astrophotographer Josh Dury captured a fleeting cosmic moment before dawn’s light ...
The moon will rise with Venus and the ice giant Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on Thursday, May 22.
Saturn's moon Titan has an atmosphere that spins with a tilt completely separate from the moon's surface rotation.
James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.
NASA's eight-rotor Dragonfly drone just finished a crucial test, which confirmed the spacecraft's design and will allow the project to move forward with full-scale fabrication of the spacecraft, ...
This June, the Milky Way’s brilliant heart lights up the night as planets align and the solstice sun marks Earth’s celestial tipping point.
The puzzling behavior of Titan's atmosphere has been revealed. The team has shown that the thick, hazy atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon doesn't spin in line with its surface, but instead wobbles ...
Around 16-17 June, Mars will appear to pass close to Regulus, the bright star at the heart of the constellation Leo, the lion ...
Meteor showers, eclipses and full moons will appear in California skies this summer. Mark your calendars with these dates, ...