I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...

By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter's moon Io -- the most volcanically active location in the solar system -- astronomers have been able to study a fundamental process in planetary ...

On Sept. 17, 1789, the British astronomer William Herschel discovered Saturn's "Death Star" moon, Mimas. Of course, "Star ...

(When surveying the region, make sure not to mistake brighter, magnitude 0.6 Saturn for Neptune ... wink out as it passes ...

Saturn currently leads, with 146 moons at last count, with Jupiter a close second at 95 ... of the giant planets—enough that we would see these effects in their orbits today." ...

O'Donoghue pays a visit to NCPR's morning news show, Northern Light, to guide us through what to look for in the morning and ...

Saturn's moon, Titan, is the only other celestial body we know of where long-lasting reservoirs of liquid pool on the surface ...

"Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts," said ...

The Full Moon's light is shone on things we don't normally see, while others pass into the shadows ... the moon will also be ...

Cornell University astronomers studying Jupiter's moon Io say tidal heating may help support life in the oceans of Jupiter's ...