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

The constellations Taurus, Orion, Canis Major, and Gemini grab attention this month, while Mars, Jupiter, and Venus dominate ...

The solar system is home to bizarre moons like Enceladus and Callisto, each unveiling nature’s wonders and some of science’s ...

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

It’s stargazing turnover time! Nighttimes are shrinking, and you’re forced to wait longer into the evening to begin your ...

Venus becomes the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, the Lyrids Meteor Shower takes place and the Moon has ...

Sep. 3, 2024 — Around 4 billion years ago, an asteroid hit the Jupiter moon Ganymede. Now, a researcher realized that the Solar System's biggest moon's axis has shifted as a result of the impact ...

Fluorescent caves deep below America show how alien life could exist on one of Jupiter's moons, say scientists. The chemistry ...

But it hasn’t always been this way. Jupiter’s four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were the first ever discovered orbiting another planet. They were spotted by Galileo ...