The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.
Saturn’s iconic rings will briefly vanish from view, a rare astronomical event caused by a quirk of planetary alignment. As ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...
This discovery by Webb provides strong evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, much like ...
A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...
A quirk of planetary positions will make Saturn's 200,000-mile-around rings disappear for one night on March 23. Plan ahead, ...
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
Saturn has decisively claimed the crown. With the discovery of 128 new moons, the ringed planet’s total count has soared to 274 — nearly twice as many as all other planets combined. Jupiter now trails ...
Even before the recently announced moons, Saturn had more than anyone could reasonably keep track of. Now, astronomers have ...
An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more ...
The total lunar eclipse will transpire at 23°57’ Virgo, directly opposing the Sun at 23°57’ Pisces, a face off that will ...