Satellite Snowman! Saturn Moons Align in Dazzling Photo By Mike Wall published 11 December 18 The icy Saturn satellites Dione and Rhea do their best impression of a snowman in a newly released photo captured by NASA's late Cassini spacecraft.
The Extraterrestrial Next Door (Kavli Astrobiology Roundtable) By Adam Hadhazy published 6 December 18 Researchers discuss why alien life in our solar system looks likelier than ever.
Billionaire Yuri Milner's Breakthrough Initiatives Eyes Private Mission to Seek Alien Life By Mike Wall published 9 November 18 Breakthrough Initiatives, which already scans the heavens for possible signals from faraway alien civilizations, is considering looking for E.T. closer to home — in our own solar system.
Cosmic Halloween! Pumpkin Planets Shine in NASA JPL's 2018 Carving Contest (Photos) By Mike Wall published 31 October 18 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory held its seventh annual pumpkin-carving contest this week, and the results were as impressive as you might imagine.
Saturn's Moon Dione Is Covered in Weird Stripes By Meghan Bartels published 26 October 18 Scientists studying Saturn's moon Dione spotted weird stripes that they now believe could be caused by material falling onto the moon's surface.
Scientists Home in on the Best 'Water Worlds' to Search for Alien Life By Meghan Bartels published 25 October 18
Record Breaker: 4 Huge Alien Planets Spotted Around Baby Star By Mike Wall published 16 October 18 In an astronomical first, four gigantic planets have been detected around a very young star, a new study reports.
Spot the Moon with Saturn in Sunday's Night Sky By Joe Rao published 13 October 18 When skywatchers acquire their first telescope, I suspect there are two objects at the top of their observing list: the moon and the ringed planet Saturn.
Cassini's Death Dive into Saturn Reveals Weird Ring 'Rain' & Other Surprises By Meghan Bartels published 4 October 18
Space.com Debuts New Series of Free Posters to Celebrate NASA Milestones By Sarah Lewin published 4 October 18 The Saturn V rocket and its predecessors soar toward open space in the first of three new posters by Space.com celebrating landmark anniversaries in space history.
Scientists Look to Jupiter, Saturn's Moon Titan for Global Warming Insight By Charles Q. Choi published 1 October 18 By analyzing methane in the skies of Jupiter and Saturn's moon Titan, scientists are now pinpointing what effects this global warming gas is having on Earth, a new study finds.
Dust Storms Rage on Saturn Moon Titan, Just Like on Mars and Earth By Doris Elin Urrutia published 25 September 18 A new paper published Monday (Sept. 24) reveals that Titan may be the third rock in the solar system with dust storms.
Did a Huge Impact Blast Out Moons of Mars? Old Data Bolsters Theory By Meghan Bartels published 25 September 18 Scientists have struggled for decades to explain how the two tiny moons of Mars came to be, but a new study relying on old data bolsters one of the two major hypotheses.
Satellite Flare Photobombs a Lunar Eclipse Under the Milky Way (Photo) By Miguel Claro published 23 September 18 Captured 15 minutes after the end of totality during the longest total lunar eclipse of the century, this scene shows the red glow of a partially eclipsed moon very close to Mars.
