In the next decade, space agencies will expand the search for extraterrestrial life beyond Mars, where all of our astrobiology…
A recent study published in Nature presents a groundbreaking discovery that Saturn’s moon, Mimas, commonly known as the “Death Star”…
The search for life is tied to the search for liquid water. That's why astronomers are so keen on detecting…
Since 1979, when the Voyager probes flew past Jupiter and its system of moons, scientists have speculated about the possibility…
Europa and other ocean worlds in our solar system have recently attracted much attention. They are thought to be some…
The study of ocean worlds, planetary bodies with potential interior reservoirs of liquid water, has come to the forefront in…
A new study reveals how rogue planets could have "Ocean World" moons that may support life.
Using data from Hubble and Spitzer, an international team has discovered two new waterworlds in one system.
Scientists at NASA JPL and Colorado University have created a new instrument for finding signs of life, called the Ocean…
When Galileo pointed his telescope at Jupiter 400 years ago, he saw three blobs of light around the giant planet,…