Mysterious rings around Uranus point to hidden moons orbiting the ice giant

The two most puzzling rings around Uranus are gradually giving up their secrets, only to deepen the mystery of the Uranian system.

NASA’s Curiosity rover finds building blocks of life on Mars. Scientists aren’t sure how they got there

NASA’s Curiosity rover has found a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth.

Scientists found a ‘bathtub ring’ on Mars. Could it be evidence of an ancient Red Planet ocean?

A huge geological structure on Mars resembling a bathtub ring may be evidence of an ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet.

A peek at the far side of the moon | Space photo of the day for April 20, 2026

The Artemis 2 astronauts captured a unique image of the moon’s “dark side” during their historic April 2026 flyby.

This life-hunting rover may be SpaceX’s 1st-ever Mars launch

SpaceX will launch Europe’s life-hunting Rosalind Franklin rover toward Mars in 2028 — but not aboard the company’s Starship megarocket.

‘Tall waves moving in slow motion’: Here’s how oily oceans on Saturn’s giant moon Titan may behave

The size of waves on alien worlds will depend as much on the characteristics of the liquid as well as the gravity.

Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS made a startling transformation as it passed the sun

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS changed significantly as it flew by the sun last fall, astronomers have discovered.

Interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS is spraying tons of water into space every second. Jupiter-bound spacecraft JUICE discovers

The Jupiter-bound spacecraft JUICE spotted the interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS spraying enough water into space to fill 70 swimming pools a day.

Solar wind travels up to 4 times faster than expected, eclipse spacecraft reveals

“In the inner corona, a region very difficult to observe, we saw slow solar wind gusts moving three to four times faster than expected.”

The moon’s oldest and darkest craters could be hiding the most water ice. That’s good news for future astronauts

New research shows that craters near the moon’s south pole that have been in permanent shadow the longest are more likely to contain the most water ice.