Experts have discovered that the moon is leaking heat from both of its poles, which they say indicates that Enceladus could ...

This month’s supermoon is one of three occurring this year, the next being Dec. 4. A supermoon occurs when the moon is closer ...

Titan's cold atmosphere — filled with nitrogen and methane — may be similar to what Earth was like billions of years ago. Credit: Jenny McElligott / eMITS illustration Some substances that don't mix ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have uncovered new types of organics in icy geysers spouting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, bolstering the likelihood that the ocean world may harbor conditions ...

An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturn’s atmospheres — and potentially those of exoplanets. Why has silicon, one of the most ...

Astronomers studying an oddball brown dwarf called “The Accident” have finally spotted silane, a long-predicted silicon molecule missing from Jupiter and Saturn’s skies. Its ancient, oxygen-poor ...

Saturn’s moon Titan may be more alive with possibilities than we thought. New NASA research suggests that in Titan’s freezing methane and ethane lakes, simple molecules could naturally arrange ...

NASA's very productive James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found compelling evidence for a new planet in the Alpha Centauri star system, our closest stellar neighbor. This potential gas giant, ...

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures an infrared view of Saturn moon Titan during a November 2015 flyby in this composite image. Credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona / University of Idaho Saturn’s ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...