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Mars has northern and southern hemispheres like Earth, but their defining characteristics are markedly different, a ...

The study suggests that the Moon likely formed largely from Earth's mantle material — with minimal involvement from Theia.

Mars's atmosphere and climate are impacted by interactions with solar wind, a stream of plasma comprised of protons and ...

The ‘Martian dichotomy’ is one of the Solar System’s greatest mysteries – but new research in closing in on a solution.

Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with ...

Learn about Mars at opposition in January 2025, when the Red Planet is closest to Earth. Discover how to view it, key dates, ...

The moon performed a cosmic ballet with Mars this week.

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic spacecraft attempting to land on the moon. How ...

On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s ...

Hope probe captured high-resolution image of Mars' moon Deimos. The spacecraft flew "as close as 100km (62 miles)" from the Martian moon. Credit: UAE Space Agency Music: Intonation by Gavin Luke / cou ...

For decades, astronomers have tried to determine how Pluto acquired its unusually large moon Charon, which is about half the ...