Mars has fascinated people throughout history, and today, it is one of the most explored places in the solar system ... Mars has two small, potato-shaped moons, called Phobos and Deimos.

Venus and Mars meet Ganymede and Europa. The choices made in this encounter will change the destiny of the Solar System ...

not a single one is a ringed moon. This, actually, is weird. Of the eight planets in the Solar System, half have rings of dust and ice orbiting their equator. Mars is thought to have once had a ring.

Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field.

Our solar system is home to some truly bizarre moons, each with unique characteristics hinting at the diverse and mysterious nature of our solar system. Saturn's small inner moon, Enceladus ...

scientists knew of just 31 other moons in our solar system. Fast forward to today, and the numbers have skyrocketed. The recent recognition of 128 additional moons around Saturn brought the total ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

And in the past decade, more than 20 spacecraft have ventured into the deepest reaches of our solar system. These probes ... recent missions to Mercury and Mars. Last year, NASA's Messenger ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Exploring space just got easier with the Exploratorium's spring exhibition called "Look Up: Eclipse, Moon ... that are happening in the solar system," said Rob Semper ...