Recent research suggests that Saturn's bright rings and its largest moon, Titan, may have both originated in collisions among ...

Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have formed in a collision with another moon, and ...

Scientists have produced the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges (SMRs) on the moon, a characteristic ...

Scientists suggest Titan formed from a giant moon collision that also may explain Saturn’s rings and strange moon orbits.

A colossal ancient impact may have reshaped the Moon far more deeply than scientists once realized. By analyzing rare lunar rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s largest ...

Magnetism on the moon has always been a bit confusing. Remote sensing probes have noted there is some magnetic signature, but far from the strong cocoon that surrounds Earth itself. Previous attempts ...

The closest humanity has ever gotten to a period of sustained world peace was not the Congress of Vienna in 1815, nor the ...

Miranda does not look like a typical small moon. The surface, seen in detail only once during Voyager 2’s flyby in 1986, ...

Scientists with expertise in geophysics at Washington State University have developed an alternative pathway for the ...

Samples from China’s Chang’e Six mission reveal how a colossal ancient impact stripped volatile elements, reshaped lunar interiors and transformed volcanic activity across the Moon’s far side.

Behind the serene, glowing beauty of Saturn’s rings lies a story of cosmic chaos. Once thought to be as old as the planets themselves, these icy bands may actually be surprisingly young, and their ...