And now, new research based on images taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft has suggested that Miranda, a small Uranian icy moon, ...

Scientists have not yet found direct evidence of a moon outside our solar system -- but they just found a hint of a hellish ...

Astronomers have identified many planets orbiting distant stars using sophisticated observatories. But there’s something they ...

Our solar system contains the most volcanic object in the known universe: the Jupiter moon Io. Now, researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California suggest a similar ...

ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured footage of the Mars' moon Deimos pass in front of Ganymede, Europa, Jupiter, Io and ...

Within our solar system, gas emissions from Jupiter's volcanic moon Io create a similar phenomenon. Although no exomoons (moons of planets outside our solar system) have been confirmed ...

But what if we tell you there are plenty of moons in our solar system that are as beautiful or even more marvellous as the ...

Jupiter, now located in Taurus the Bull, appears in telescopes wreathed by its four largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. At times, those moons pass in front of or behind the planet ...

“To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising,” said Tom Nordheim, a planetary ...

How many moons does Jupiter have? Scientists have discovered dozens of them, but the answer may be more complicated than it ...

Three of Jupiter’s moons – Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – are home to large, underground oceans of liquid water that could support life. This composite image shows, from top to bottom ...

Searches in recent years have identified several promising candidates, and the cloud around WASP-49 b offers the latest strong prospect — a satellite that may resemble Io, the moon of Jupiter ...