If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters on its surface than any other planetary ...

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

IT’S been nearly 40 years since the first planet outside of our Solar System was discovered. Since then, more than 5,800 weird and wonderful worlds across 4,300 planetary systems have been ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...

(JUICE's anticipated arrival at Jupiter is July 2031 ... allowing scientists to study the planet's surface using Clipper's radar and thermal imager, according to NASA. Credit: NASA During its ...

like Jupiter. Planets are formed from protoplanetary disks, spinning clouds of dust and gas that are the perfect ingredients for planet formation. This new study suggests the accretion takes place ...

Using data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter’s highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in ...

or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks on Mars, do these fractures follow a hidden geometric script? Could similar patterns on another planet ...

Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters on its surface than any other planetary ... works with planetary bodies as well. Moons or planets with enough internal heat can have a liquid ...