A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south pole.

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far beyond any other planet in our solar system. A natural-color view of ...

By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan reported on an earlier discovery of 62 moons around Saturn in 2023. Astronomers say they have discovered more than 100 new moons around Saturn ...

The lander made its attempt at a landing near the Moon's Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 miles from the south pole, around noon on Thursday. But things didn't quite go as planned.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The threat of tornadoes moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, a day after a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that ...

The threat of tornadoes moved east into the Mississippi Valley and the south on Saturday, just a day after a massive storm's winds damaged buildings, started dust storms that caused fatal crashes ...

A potent storm system is expected to pour heavy rain ... where it could spawn tornadoes in the South and dump heavy snow across the parts of the Great Plains and Upper Midwest, creating blizzard ...

A Texas company's privately owned lunar lander was deemed non-functional after landing off-target sideways in a crater close to the Moon's south pole, the firm said on Friday. The mission to drop ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...

At least 37 people have died in a series of devastating cross-country storm systems this weekend as 40 tornadoes ripped through eight states in the South and Midwest, decimating homes, businesses ...

In Texas, one fire scorched an estimated 32 square miles in Roberts County, Friday, while a second 60 miles south ate away at 4 miles. “This storm has it all,” Bill Bunting, of the NOAA and ...

Where did IM-2 land on the moon? The IM-2 landed in the lunar south pole region, roughly 820 feet from its intended landing site in the moon's Mons Mouton region. The area is thought to contain ...