What type of lander could touch down on Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io? This is what a recent paper presented at the AIAA 2025 Regional Student Conference hopes to address as a team of student engineers ...

When the 'Dragonfly' drone pointed its camera at the vast methane lakes on the surface of Titan, scientists at the Earth command center erupted with excitement — this 'ocean' made of liquid ...

Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new laboratory experiments.

The Europa Clipper cost is estimated to be around $5 billion. This mission aims to investigate Europa’s potential for ...

Lunar samples reveal the far side of the moon, hidden from Earth's view, may have a cooler interior than the near side.

A new British study swirled new evidence on the moon's frigid space temperatures, suggesting its different sides hold vastly ...

Growing evidence suggests that a subsurface ocean lurks beneath the icy surface of Uranus' moon Ariel, but new research, ...

People in the Eastern Hemisphere may see Earth’s shadow pass over the lunar surface, covering our world’s natural satellite in a flush of red. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller has previously reported ...

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The 'blood moon' part of a lunar eclipse is seen above Austin, Texas, on March 14, 2025. (Rick Kern/Getty Images) A lunar eclipse and a “blood moon” will occur on Sept. 7. Despite the dramatic name, a ...

On Sept. 7, a total lunar eclipse will adorn the night sky Getty The second total lunar eclipse of the year arrives Sept. 7-8, turning the moon a copper-red "blood moon" as Earth's shadow passes ...