Complex organic molecules that form part of the chain of chemical reactions that can result in life's building blocks have ...

Titan’s atmosphere tilts and shifts seasonally. The discovery shapes future exploration. Researchers at the University of Bristol have uncovered unusual behavior in Titan’s atmosphere for the first ...

When it comes to habitable places in our solar system, the tiny moons of Saturn don’t seem likely candidates. Yet time and ...

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.

Saturn’s moon Titan has always been one of the most intriguing bodies in our Solar System, largely due to its thick, nitrogen ...

An Oct. 6 full harvest moon will be the first of 3 supermoons that will appear in the night sky over the rest of 2025.

Ariel, one of Uranus' icy moons, may once have concealed a vast ocean more than 100 miles (170 kilometers) deep beneath its ...

What can exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study posted to the arXiv preprint server and submitted to the American ...

The drone-like rotorcraft, which is designed to land on and gather samples from Titan, has been hit by a two-year delay, with ...

Also, the Orionid meteor shower peaks in the wee hours of Oct. 21 and viewing should be good due to the new moon.

In our first interview with Mayer, he discussed using pressure cycling to study prebiotic chemistry. In the second part of ...

Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible ...