Take a tour of the space volcanoes on other planets and moons across the Solar System, and find out how they differ from ...

Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, is littered with hundreds of erupting volcanoes. High-resolution images now reveal several dozen lava lakes, researchers ...

The planets offer exciting views in April for both night owls and early risers. Plus, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks in ...

Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon and the solar system's largest, is bigger than Mercury and the dwarf planet Pluto, with a diameter of 5,268 kilometers.

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

NASA just released stunning new artist impressions of an extremely reflective lava lake on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io. Released by the space agency's Jet Propulsion Lab last week, the ...

Feb. 25, 2025 — On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera blasted off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources of water on the Moon to shed ...

China is exploring the possibility of building a permanent base on the Moon inside natural tunnels formed by ancient lava flows. The Moon’s surface is riddled with millions of craters.

Rivers, lava, and ice carve through landscapes in twisting, meandering channels. At first glance, their bends appear similar. However, a recent study from researchers at The University of Texas at ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...