USA: NASA will this week search for signs of life on Saturn by sending a probe into a plume of icy vapour coming from one of its 62 moons. Experts hope their Cassini spacecraft will unlock the ...

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...

A reassessment of data from NASA's Voyager 2 has revealed that Uranus' moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, challenging assumptions about its potential for life.

For the most part, these moons (such as Europa or Enceladus) have been gravitationally bound to the gas giants Jupiter or Saturn ... ocean may have once measured 62 miles (100 kilometers) deep ...

The icy moon Miranda is the latest satellite in our solar system to spark hope in the search for life beyond Earth.

"To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising," said Tom Nordheim, a planetary ...

On October 25, 1671, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered a new moon at Saturn! ‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

A ridge that follows the equator of Saturn's moon Iapetus gives it the appearance of a giant walnut. The ridge, photographed in 2004 by the Cassini spacecraft, is 100 kilometers (62 miles ...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, holds some of the solar system’s most intriguing mysteries. Among its 28 known moons ...

After that excitement will come a nice conjunction of Venus and bright star Regulus, the rising of a full “Buck Moon” and the chance to see both Saturn and ... line (62 miles/100km up) that ...

For the most part, these moons (such as Europa or Enceladus) have been gravitationally bound to the gas giants Jupiter or ...