Astrology and time measurement evolved together, creating a celestial calendar divided into four seasons, each with three ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia. He has written four books on astronomy and consulted on space ...

Saturn’s largest moon might not be the barren world it seems. Beneath Titan’s icy crust lies a vast ocean of liquid ...

So, if life exists on Titan, it might not resemble the thriving, teeming ecosystems we know. Instead, think of isolated oases ...

The annual Lyrids meteor shower will appear in April after this month's "pink" full moon. Later this month, the crescent moon will be visible near Venus, Saturn and Mercury. The only full moon visible ...

That means, even if life does exist on Titan, it would be incredibly hard to find. The average number of microbes would be ...

K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by ...

The study sought to develop a realistic scenario of what life on Titan might look like if it does exist, where it is most ...

What kind of mission would be best suited to sample the plumes of Saturn's ocean world, Enceladus, to determine if this ...

Titan may seem like a prime candidate for alien life with its organic-rich surface and deep subsurface ocean, but new ...

While all the ingredients are there, the moon's composition likely prevents them from coming together in any meaningful way.

"There has been this sense that because Titan has such abundant organics, there is no shortage of food sources that could sustain life," Affholder said. "Not all of these organic molecules may ...