Since the formation of Earth approximately 4.5 billion years ago, the convection and release of hot magma in its mantle layer ...

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NASA's Europa Clipper mission, designed to explore Jupiter’s mysterious moon Europa, has reached an important milestone by deploying its magnetometer boom. This instrument will help scientists ...

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.

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NASA Juno mission captured amazing new imagery of Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft flew about 219 miles (352 kilometers) ...

NASA's Europa Clipper mission has launched to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa, which may harbor a potentially habitable ocean beneath its surface.

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Miranda, a small moon of Uranus, has always been a bit of a mystery. Recently, scientists have been curious if it might have ...

Scientists have developed a new method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons. Importantly, the new ...