Jupiter’s Innermost Moon – Io – Has Spectacular Dunes
Rutgers study shows new way dunes can form on varied celestial surfaces. Scientists have long pondered how Jupiter’s innermost moon, Io, has meandering ridges as…
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Incredible Video of Solar Eclipse on Mars – Captured by NASA’s Perseverance Rover
The Mastcam-Z camera recorded video of Phobos, one of the Red Planet’s two moons, to study how its orbit is changing over time. NASA’s Perseverance…
Breaking News in Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Evidence of Water Near Europa’s Surface
Explanation for the formation of abundant features on Europa bodes well for the search for extraterrestrial life. Jupiter’s moon Europa is a prime candidate for…
Jupiter’s Moon Europa Could Be Pulling Oxygen Down Below the Ice To Feed Life
Jupiter’s moon Europa is a prime candidate in the search for life. The frozen moon has a subsurface ocean, and evidence indicates it’s warm, salty,…
“Chaos Terrains” Could Be Shuttling Oxygen to Ocean on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Salt water within the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa could be transporting oxygen into an ice-covered ocean of liquid water where it could potentially…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captures Stunning View of Jupiter’s Moons Io and Europa – And a Crater on Ganymede
NASA’s Juno mission captured this view of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere during the spacecraft’s 39th close flyby of the planet on January 12, 2022. Zooming in…
Moons May Yield Clues to What Makes Planets Habitable for Life
In the search for Earth-like planets, University of Rochester scientist Miki Nakajima turns to computer simulations of moon formations. Earth’s moon is vitally important in…
NASA Begins Assembly of Europa Clipper Spacecraft – Will Search for Alien Life on Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa
Science instruments and other hardware for the spacecraft will come together in the mission’s final phase before a launch to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in…
“Stealth” Ocean Worlds: Evidence Uncovered for an Internal Ocean in Small Saturn Moon
Discovery could point to a new class of “stealth” ocean worlds. A Southwest Research Institute scientist set out to prove that the tiny, innermost moon…
Astronomers Discover Evidence of Super-Sized Moon Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Planet Beyond Our Solar System
An exomoon signal found in archival data hints at the possibility of more discoveries to come. Astronomers have reported a second, super-sized moon orbiting a…
Mars Express Orbiter Unravels Mystery of Largest Martian Moon, Phobos, Using “Fake” Flybys
By performing a series of real and ‘fake’ flybys, ESA’s Mars Express has revealed how Mars’ largest moon, Phobos, interacts with the solar wind of…
Are Water Plumes Spraying From Jupiter’s Moon Europa? NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft Is on the Case
Finding plumes at Europa is an exciting prospect, but scientists warn it’ll be tricky, even from up close. In 2005, images of a brilliant watery…
Icequakes Likely Rumble Along Geyser-Spitting Fractures on Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus
Seismic activity could give scientists a read on the thickness of the ice encasing the moon and the oceans believed to lie beneath. Tidal stresses…
Astronomers Discover Disk Around Young Super-Jupiter Which May Form Moons
An international team of astronomers led by scientists from Leiden University has for the first time characterized a dust disk surrounding a young super-Jupiter, which…
Hubble Finds Mysterious Replenishment of Water Vapor on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Ice Sublimating Off the Surface Replenishes a Tenuous Envelope You would think that living half-a-billion miles from the Sun would be no place to call…
Japan Space Agency: Why We’re Exploring the Moons of Mars
Dr. Ryuki Hyodo shares the science behind JAXA’s upcoming MMX mission to the Martian moons, and the unique features of this journey to Mars’s domain….
Astrophysicists Spot an Exoplanet With the Potential To Form Moons
New high-resolution observations clearly show a moon-forming region around exoplanet PDS 70c. The observations have allowed astronomers to determine the ring-shaped region’s size and mass…
Titan-in-a-Glass Experiments Hint at Mineral Makeup of Saturn’s Largest Moon
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is a natural laboratory to study the origins of life. Like Earth, Titan has a dense atmosphere and seasonal weather cycles,…
