Science News: A study published recently has revealed that there are certain activities on the moon's surface which can likely negate the postulation of “lunar body being geologically dead”. According ...

Ganymede has mountains, valleys, craters, and cooled lava flows. Its ancient surface resembles Earth’s moon, and it is also suspected of having a sub-surface ocean. Callisto, the outermost Galilean ...

Scientists have studied the moon's surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological and evolutionary history. Evidence from the lunar maria (dark, flat areas on the moon filled ...

Since completing its primary science objectives in orbit of Jupiter, Juno has been conducting flybys of the Jovian moons Io, ...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Wednesday launched two lunar landers to the Moon as it gears up to land humans back on the surface of the Moon in the future. The Blue Ghost lander was deployed into a lunar ...

and Callisto. During its extended mission, Juno's trajectory passes by Io every other orbit, flying over the same part of the ...

NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter’s moon Io has provided incredible data. A recent flyby revealed the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on Io, the most volcanic world in our solar system.

Europa Clipper - one of the most advanced spacecraft ever sent to another planet - aims to explore Jupiter's icy moon ...

Even by the standards of Io, the most volcanic celestial body in the solar system, recent events observed on the Jovian moon are extreme.

Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. The next Full Moon ...

The bulges move with the rotation of the moon around the Earth. An observer on the Earth's surface as the bulge approaches will see the sea level rise and then fall after it is exceeded.