NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...

There's a blood Moon eclipse over America and Europe this March. On March 13 and 14 2025, the full Moon will travel through ...

On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped by the volcanic world Io. It witnessed a giant eruption.

SEE ALSO: NASA finds Earth's moon didn't need hundreds of years to form. Try hours. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured Pluto and its biggest moon, Charon, together. Credit: NASA / Johns ...

NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

"We were definitely surprised by the 'kiss' part of kiss-and-capture. There hasn't really been a kind of impact before where the two bodies only temporarily merge before re-separating!" ...

These bodies separated relatively quickly but remained orbitally linked to create the Pluto/Charon system we see ... our moon is just a quarter of the size of Earth, while the largest moon in ...

Here are some of the biggest space missions ahead. All eyes will be on the moon once again in 2025. Later this month, a SpaceX rocket is set to launch two new missions to the lunar surface. One is a ...

These characteristics likely prevented the merging and debris formation seen in Earth-Moon models. Instead, simulations show that the origin of Pluto’s largest moon was likely a collision that ...

Astronomers have long wondered how Charon, the largest of those moons ... “The only comparable system is Earth and its moon.” Charon is about 750 miles across, while Pluto is nearly 1,500 ...