A puzzling image from the Huygens probe's 2005 Titan landing, showing river-like channels, continues to intrigue scientists.
Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave discuss new findings about the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus, the secrets behind chameleons' eye movements and the energy use behind AI computing.
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Io, moon of Jespiter Jupiter, is famously volcanically active. It has more than 400 active volcanoes, over an area the size of Asia. Some of the volcanic mountains are taller than Mount Everest.
A decades-old image from NASA’s first landing on Titan still baffles scientists. What it captured has sparked 20 years of ...
Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around ...
The Eastern Veil Nebula is part of a colossal supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop. Dutch astrophotographer Cornelis ...