Solar System

Space mysteries In this space mysteries piece we take a look at how long it would take to walk around Mars and what factors would affect journey time.

The Indian Space Research Organisation's historic Chandrayaan-3 moon lander managed to keep moon dust off its cameras thanks to a special engine setup.

A modeling study suggests a slumbering subduction zone below the Gibraltar Strait is active and could break into the Atlantic Ocean in 20 million years' time, giving birth to an Atlantic "Ring of Fire."

A gigantic plasma eruption from the sun's hidden far side recently launched a sizable coronal mass ejection that slammed into Mercury, potentially triggering invisible X-ray auroras around the planet's rocky surface.

The Hubble Space Telescope's latest look at Jupiter finds writhing storms and a shrinking Great Red Spot.

The CADRE rovers, destined for the next Intuitive Machines mission to the moon, are able to work together thanks to cooperative software.

A giant volcano has been hiding in plain sight for decades in one of Mars' most iconic regions.

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is dedicated to studying Jupiter's icy ocean moon, will carry with it a metal plaque etched with the ripples created by the many ways humans say "water."

The proposed nuclear reactor, which could be transported and assembled without human assistance, would provide energy to a lunar base that Russia and China have agreed to build together.

Scientists have discovered a surprising 2.4-million-year-cycle in deep-sea sediments that indicates Mars has an influence on Earth's oceans and climate.