In the 17th century, astronomers Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini trained their telescopes on Saturn and uncovered a startling truth: the planet's luminous bands were not solid appendages, but ...

ESA is now targeting a mission to study enigmatic Enceladus as part of its Voyage 2050, the agency's long-term plan for space science activities, according to ESA officials at the Europlanet Science ...

The European Space Agency recalls the historic landing on the Saturn moon and the mission that made it possible. Credit: ESA ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to realize its long-term goal of exploring the signs of life on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus by sending spacecraft under the new Voyage 2050 mission. Enceladus is ...

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 ...

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus loses ice mass to space by cryovolcanic geyers, and new TACC supercomputer simulations have improved estimates of ice mass loss. These findings help with understanding and ...

Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible in the night sky that will make for a beautiful and rewarding sight, whether ...

We've all got that one friend that buys into conspiracy theories, but Neil deGrasse Tyson isn't one of them and he has thoughts on the moon landing.

The drone-like rotorcraft, which is designed to land on and gather samples from Titan, has been hit by a two-year delay, with costs surging by $1bn to $3.3bn. NASA now envisions a launch date of July ...

NASA approves new tests for Dragonfly, the nuclear drone that will explore the chemistry of life on Titan starting in 2028.

The next step in Artemis mission could determine if the U.S. is poised to win ‘second space race’ aiming to return humans to lunar surface.

In a preview of their flight, the crew of Artemis II, three Americans and a Canadian, struck a tone that veered away from the political currents of the moment.