Peering to the outskirts of our solar system, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dark moon orbiting Makemake, the second brightest icy dwarf planet after Pluto in the Kuiper Belt. The ...

This mottled landscape showing the impact crater Tycho is among the most violent-looking places on our Moon. Astronomers didn’t aim NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to study Tycho, however. The image was ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has spied evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere around Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system. The Hubble Space Telescope has spied evidence of ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a fourth moon orbiting Pluto. Pluto - for the record - is still classified as a dwarf planet. Astronomer Larry Wasserman of Lowell ...

WASHINGTON -- Scientists said they have found evidence of water in the atmosphere of Jupiter's icy moon "Europa." NASA said its Hubble space telescope observed the presence of persistent water vapor ...

A year after discovering Pluto's fourth moon, "P4," astronomers have learned of a fifth thanks to new images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Inventively named "P5," the moon is believed to be between ...

NASA is using the Hubble Space Telescope to search for oxygen-bearing minerals on the moon, which could be critical for sustaining a human presence there. The moon has no atmosphere, but minerals such ...

NASA is gearing up for another mission to the moon in November 2024, and at the heart of this epic journey is an engine with a remarkable history. NASA's Artemis 2 mission, set to send four astronauts ...

Scientists said Wednesday that they have used the Hubble Space Telescope to find oxygen-bearing minerals on the moon that could be used by explorers to produce breathing air, electricity and rocket ...