In a new study, astronomers detail observations of what could be the first known exosatellite - a natural object orbiting a ...

Blue Origin is testing a different approach to lunar power, using height and the Moon's unique polar landscape to capture sunlight.

The crater, named after geologist and lunar surface expert Tom McGetchin, spans more than two football fields wide ...

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Impact simulations could change how researchers understand moon formation and may help constrain the timing of the event.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists used simulations to understand the role disruptive impacts play on icy moons with subsurface oceans in our solar system. A recent paper published in the ...

Decoding the Double Moon Hypothesis from Solar System Formation History—The moon floating in the night sky is such a "given" presence.However, tracing its origins reveals a story of evolution that is ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a chaotic dance going on at the far end of our solar system, involving Pluto and five of its closest friends, a new study finds. Hubble Space Telescope images of Pluto, its ...

What is so unusual about Neptune's moons? Neptune is the only giant planet in the Solar System without a system of large ...

When the solar system first took up the task of building solid bodies—such as planets, moons and protoplanets—it basically ...