Solar System
Astronomers now know why Uranus, Neptune host the solar system’s strongest winds
Astronomers now know why Uranus, Neptune host the solar system’s strongest winds

The distant gas giants Uranus and Neptune hold many secrets that scientists have yet to unlock. While NASA’s Galileo and Cassini space probes have investigated both Jupiter and Saturn and transmitted a wealth of fascinating new data about these planets...
   
Study reveals gas clouds between Andromeda, Triangulum
Study reveals gas clouds between Andromeda, Triangulum

Star production just isn't what it used to be. It's not the universe's fault, necessarily, there just isn't as much raw material left for stellar nurseries to work with...
   
Student discovers how to tell time on Saturn
Student discovers how to tell time on Saturn

Do you have the time? That question, when asked by astronauts on Saturn, may now have an answer due to a discovery made by an University of Iowa undergraduate student...
   
Astronomer’s call to search for intelligent life beyond ‘alien Earths’ ignites debate
Astronomer’s call to search for intelligent life beyond ‘alien Earths’ ignites debate

A new call for searching for intelligent life beyond "alien Earths" is the latest development in the debate over how scientists should approach an attempt to discover signs of life beyond Earth...
   
NASA snaps image of enormous storm on Saturn
NASA snaps image of enormous storm on Saturn

NASA's Cassini space probe has provided scientists with the first close-up, visible-light view of an enormous hurricane surging around Saturn's north pole...
   
Hubble snaps first image of ISON, the comet of the century
Hubble snaps first image of ISON, the comet of the century

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has managed to capture the first image of comet ISON. ISON, dubbed by some as the 'comet of the century,' could become the brightest comet in modern history, according to astronomers...
   
Astronomer: Saturn’s Titan may hold clue to origins of life
Astronomer: Saturn’s Titan may hold clue to origins of life

Saturn's moon Titan may hold clues to how life came to be, according to Josep M. Trigo-Rodriguez, of the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC) in Barcelona, Spain...
   
Strange location of Io’s volcanoes leaves astronomers puzzled
Strange location of Io’s volcanoes leaves astronomers puzzled

Proving that the galaxy never ceases to surprise us, a study published in January’s Earth and Planetary Science Letters claims that hundreds of volcanoes on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io have somehow shifted...
   
Has Voyager 1 entered interstellar space? NASA says not yet
Has Voyager 1 entered interstellar space? NASA says not yet

Has Voyager 1 left our solar system? That seems to be the question making the rounds at NASA after reports surfaced that the space probe has exited our solar system and entered interstellar space...
   
NASA: Pluto may have 10 undiscovered moons
NASA: Pluto may have 10 undiscovered moons

Pluto may have some more neighbors, according to astronomers. The mini-planet may have upwards of ten additional moons, all of which are currently undiscovered, say astronomers...