Astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus and hundreds of moons around Saturn over the past year, and there may be many ...

Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to ...

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A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, known for its massive size, strong gravity, powerful storms and many moons ...

The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission spotted hundreds of potential moons, orbiting around more than 350 previously unknown asteroids lurking within the solar system. These “binary asteroids” — two ...

'We're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to where the sun and planets were forming.' When you purchase through links on ...

Our solar system is a weird place. Much more than a home to eight planets, it’s filled with a myriad of fascinating other smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, ...