Uranus sits far beyond the orbit of Saturn, yet its smallest moons are suddenly at the center of a quiet revolution in outer ...

Eight distant worlds hold secrets that still puzzle scientists and spark endless curiosity. Each moon offers a strange allure, inviting questions about what lies beneath, beyond, and waiting to be ...

Jupiter, the giant of our Solar System, hosts nearly 100 moons. Discover some of Jupiter moons with unique characteristics to explore.

Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide boiling oceans underneath their surfaces, a new study finds.

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The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

Apollo samples provide evidence: Researchers analyzed Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo missions and, for the first time, ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

This discovery was made by two of NASA’s most celebrated telescopes. This illustration provided by Dan Durda shows the exoplanet Kepler-1625b with a hypothesized moon. On Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, two ...