A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, may harbor a hidden ocean and life.

APL’s involvement in unmanned aircraft safety traces back to its earlier work on collision avoidance for manned aviation. Researchers supported the FAA’s development of the Airborne Collision ...

Stephanie Caporaletti, assistant branch supervisor in the Asymmetric Operations Sector at APL, has been appointed as chair of ...

The smallest planet in our Solar System may be hiding a big secret. Curious bright streaks on Mercury's surface, doodled on ...

For many years, scientists viewed Mercury as a world that no longer had an active geological history. The planet appears to be almost completely uniform, dry, barren, and mostly unchanged for the ...

Scientists say a real warp drive may no longer be pure science fiction, thanks to new breakthroughs in theoretical physics.

The team found that the lineae occurred preferentially on the Sun-facing slopes of the younger impact craters. This suggests ...

An analysis of 100,000 satellite images of Mercury has revealed traces of changes that challenge the image of a "dead" planet.

Baby stars, teenage planets, and disappearing icebergs are all featured this week. Plus, a look back at a New Horizons image of Jupiter and Io, and a strange, elongated cloud on Mars.

Humanity recently captured the first close-up views of the Pluto system through the eyes of the New Horizons spacecraft. The mission was necessary because, frankly, Pluto doesn’t look like much from ...

While Mercury was quite active in its early days, it has been perceived as dead for a long time because of the static ...