During the Apollo era, NASA quietly developed emergency rescue missions in case astronauts became stranded in lunar orbit or ...

For more than a decade, NASA's Cassini spacecraft traced Saturn's rings and moons, returning some of the most detailed planetary data ever collected.

Decades ago, a spacecraft suggested Saturn's largest moon, Titan, had an ocean. New observations suggest that the liquid may look more like slush.

Saturn's huge moon Titan may not hide an ocean under its frozen surface but rather widespread pockets of liquid water, a new study finds. Titan is the largest of the 274 known moons orbiting Saturn.

A new study reveals the likely origin of a mysterious spider-like pattern first spotted on Jupiter's moon Europa in 1998. The ...

The mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be seeding the worlds of this solar system with the early stages of life, new ...

Nasa’s mission teams use extreme environments to trial equipment and procedures for future lunar and planetary exploration.

A NASA planetary scientist has proposed what may be the first scientifically sound explanation for the mysterious Star of Bethlehem that guided the three wise men to the infant Jesus over two ...

A dazzling point of light that once guided the Magi has fascinated scientists and believers for centuries. For generations, ...

Inside the American Museum of Natural History's glass cube, the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and ...

Unlike its predecessors, 3I/ATLAS is remarkably active; while 'Oumuamua was a dry, rocky cigar-shaped object, this new ...

Local music and dance, A Fiddler film at the Fine Arts Theater, a Christmas hangover club night, and more of the best things to do this Christmas week.