Dust brought back to Earth by China's Chang'e-6 mission contains rare meteorite relics that could change our understanding of sources of water and other life-essential ingredients in our solar system.

Titan, the second largest moon in the Solar System—indeed, it is even larger than the planet Mercury—draws attention not only ...

Chinese scientists have identified impact remnants from meteorites in Chang’e-6 lunar samples, shedding light on the origin ...

NASA's Artemis program is set to explore the Moon's south pole, a region of perpetual darkness holding clues to the solar ...

CI chondrites are the most water- and volatile-rich of meteorites, with compositions similar to space rocks like Ryugu and ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be ...

The James Webb Telescope measured a potential moon-forming disk encircling an exoplanet, NASA recently announced, inviting researchers to observe and study moon formation as it happens, while ...

This documentary explores the bizarre characteristics of Triton, Neptune’s strange moon that defies the rules of the solar system with its backward orbit and icy geysers.

The moon, just hours past its last quarter phase, will rise above the east-northeastern horizon shortly before midnight local ...

With the recent discovery of traces of what may or may not be or have been life on Mars, eyes are turning to another world in ...

Get ready stargazers! The Orionid meteor shower peaks next week overnight on Oct. 20-21, bringing with it a flurry of ...

Scientists think Uranus’s moon Ariel once had a hidden ocean beneath its icy shell. The moon’s orbit stretched enough to ...