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.

The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a ...

Modern astronomers now have an advanced understanding of many of the objects in the night sky, and have even determined that the Solar System is filled with oceans of liquid water ...

Through its "Moon to Mars" program, NASA plans to send the first crewed missions to Mars by the end of the next decade. To ...

The peak of Olympus Mons (the largest volcano in the Solar System) experiences only 72 pascals (Pa) of pressure. Hellas Planitia (the lowlands of Mars), on the other hand, experiences a full 1.16 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...