People gazing up at the night sky this March will have the opportunity to see the Moon change color during a special eclipse ...

Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...

Two Grand Canyon-size features on the far side of the moon were likely formed in about 10 minutes after an unknown object ...

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

"This is the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our solar system — so that's really ...

The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth's natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by the gradual erosion power ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

If the scientists could very precisely measure the proportions of lutetium and halfnium in moon rocks compared to other ...

Mars's moon Phobos is so strange that no one knows how it formed. But a forthcoming mission could solve this mystery - and a host of other puzzles connected to the solar system's deep past ...

A colossal impact billions of years ago carved out the canyons that rival the most breathtaking features here on Earth in a ...

The acid yellow moon Io that orbits Jupiter may be less than 30% the size of Earth, but is considered the most volcanic body ...

Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ... Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of ...