NASA just announced new evidence for water plumes on Europa

Citing data collected by NASA's Galileo probe more than two decades ago, scientists report that giant jets of water are spouting more than 100 miles off Jupiter moon Eupora's surface.

Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA’s Next Red Planet Rover Mission

The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency’s Mars 2020 rover mission, scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on Mars.

First incredible images of ExoMars Orbiter

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has released the first images from its new orbit, taken on April 15 from 400 kilometers above the Martian surface.

Mercury's thin, dense crust

A planetary scientist has used careful mathematical calculations to determine the density of Mercury's crust, which is thinner than anyone thought.

Low 3-D Flyover of Jupiter’s North Pole in Infrared

In this animation the viewer is taken low over Jupiter’s north pole to illustrate the 3-D aspects of the region’s central cyclone and the eight cyclones that encircle it.

New Study Shows What Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua Can Teach Us

The first interstellar object ever seen in our solar system, named ‘Oumuamua, is giving scientists a fresh perspective on how planets, asteroids and comets form.

Gaze in Wonder at Jupiter's Mysterious Geometric Polar Storms

At the north pole of Jupiter eight storms are arranged around a single polar cyclone. In the south, one storm is encircled by five others.

The Moon's water may be widespread and immobile

If the Moon has enough water, and if it's reasonably convenient to access, future explorers might be able to use it as a resource.

A rock found in Egypt looks like nothing found in our solar system before

The Hypatia stone - pebbles found in Egypt, have been known to have come to Earth from somewhere else. But new research shows they are even more alien, having been formed outside of our solar system and even before our sun existed.

NASA Studies Our 'Middle-Aged' Sun That Is Losing Mass

As our sun gets older, it's losing mass, and so its gravitational pull becomes weaker. As a result, the orbits of all the planets in our solar system are expanding.

We now have a complete map of Titan's surface

It's Surprisingly Like Earth. Saturn moon's three biggest puddles have a common equipotential surface – a sea level, just like our own oceans.

Vast Sheets of Ice Have Been Found on Mars

Researchers have identified eight, massive sheets of ice just below the Martian surface, and they appear to be relatively young deposits.

Saturn's moon Titan sports Earth-like features

Using the now-complete Cassini data set, astronomers have created a new global topographic map of Titan.

Updates on 'Oumuamau - first ever interstellar object

According to the latest findings, it seems that ‘Oumuamua may actually be more icy than previously thought (thus indicated that it is a comet) and is not an alien spacecraft as some had hoped.

The First Known Interstellar Asteroid Looks Incredibly Weird 

Scientists know of 750,000 or so asteroids and comets—and all of them are part of this fine solar system. That is, all of them but one. And as new research shows, it is weird.