Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

"By looking at other planetary systems, we can get better understanding about how something like Earth's moon would have been ...

astronomers have captured a volcanic event on Jupiter's moon Io at a ... WASP-193b, a Giant Planet With a Density Similar to That of Cotton Candy May 14, 2024 — Astronomers have just discovered ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

During the next ring plane crossing, astronomers will be able to better a good look at Saturn's many moons. As far as planets go, they don't get much more iconic than Saturn: a huge golden ball ...

Saturn has surpassed Jupiter, which has 95 known moons, with the new sightings. Uranus (28), and Neptune (16) are still ...

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...

Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...

Saturn’s iconic rings are dissolving due to “ring rain,” as icy particles spiral into the planet. Astronomers predict they ...

Jupiter’s four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were the first ever discovered orbiting another planet ... some during what are called “ring-plane crossings”.