The brightest, best date for spotting Saturn is fast approaching. Here's how to see the ringed planet from Indiana.

"Although this doesn't rule out the possibility that Enceladus' ocean may be habitable, it does mean we need to be cautious ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled breathtaking images of Saturn’s North Pole, capturing the iconic hexagonal ...

Deep in space, an ancient brown dwarf nicknamed "The Accident" has revealed the first-ever detection of a molecule that ...

Methane gas may signal an atmosphere or geological activity on a distant dwarf planet located at the outer edge of the Solar System. A research team led by the Southwest Research Institute has ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

In 2005, ESA's Huygens probe landed on Titan, revealing the atmosphere, landscapes, and chemistry of Saturn's moon.

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit ...

A team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) compared the early impact histories of Venus and Earth, discovering that Venus experienced higher-energy impacts, resulting in an overheated core.

Xinting Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Texas at San Antonio, is one of two recipients of the 2025 Harold C. Urey Prize. The national award from ...

The MoonSwatches are supposed to be balls-to-the-wall fun, so adding a tiny gold-coated adornment to one feels like trying to ...

The lead author, Sylvia Protopapa, a chief scientist at the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI), explained that methane dominates Makemake's frozen surface and is now also found in the gas phase above ...