Plus: Observe two stunning spirals, see Venus reappear as a morning star, and enjoy the Last Quarter Moon in the sky this ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

Saturn and Jupiter, the two gas giants, have long vied for the title of “moon king.” Over the years, astronomers have been ...

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

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved a groundbreaking feat by directly observing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ...

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

An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more ...

You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the ...

A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.

Saturn was already the reigning champion in the moon department. Now, with 274, Saturn has more moons than all the other ...

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...