Solar System
Explore Solar System
Latest about Solar System

Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected
By Marian Selorm Sapah published
The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is well preserved, making it a hotspot for space research.

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.

Satellites are helping protect critically endangered desert elephants. Here's how
By Tereza Pultarova published
GPS tracking and high-resolution satellite images are helping humans coexist with endangered elephants in western Namibia.

Big lake in Quebec suddenly disappears, satellite finds | Space photo of the day for August 1, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The lake was completely drained in the spring of 2025.

Satellites reveal a hidden lake burst through Greenland Ice Sheet in 2014, causing major flooding and a deep crater
By Samantha Mathewson published
The event released 23.8 billion gallons (90 million cubic meters) of meltwater over the course of 10 days.

New world record! Weather satellites detect 515-mile-long lightning flash
By Stefanie Waldek published
Meet the astonishing phenomenon of megaflash lightning.

Good news for Mars settlers? Red Planet glaciers are mostly pure water ice, study suggests
By Charles Q. Choi published
Martian glaciers are mostly pure ice across the Red Planet, suggesting they might potentially be useful resources for any explorers that might land there one day, a new study finds.

Here we go again! Controversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'possibly hostile' alien tech in disguise
By Harry Baker published
A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense".
Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!