The full moon occurs on the 9th in the constellation of Aquarius — the Perseid meteor showers peak from August 11-13. Venus ...

Io, one of Jupiter’s Jovian moons, is the most volcanic place in our entire Solar System. Over the last few years NASA’s Juno ...

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Mercury begins to emerge from the dawn glow after Aug. 12. On Aug. 19, Mercury reaches its greatest elongation west of the ...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons, has captivated the imagination of scientists and space enthusiasts alike. But what makes ...

Juno spacecraft data suggest an extreme compression of the planet’s magnetosphere in December 2022, caused by the solar wind, ...

Europa Clipper's radar instrument received echoes of its very-high-frequency radar signals that bounced off Mars and were ...

Another (and, in our view, more important) source of energy for life on Iceheim is the heat coming from its core, underneath ...

The field of science is a common setting for all sorts of debates and dialogues. Sometimes this kind of exchange of views has ...

A comet that was born in another solar system and could be billions of years old is hurdling through Earth’s solar system — a ...

Aug. 12-13 — Peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Perseids are fragments shed by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Every August, ...

Nasa's powerful James Webb Space Telescope is showing us something humankind has never witnessed firsthand before: The birth ...