So exactly how many solar system moons have we found? The answer, it turns out, depends on your definition of a moon. But this is likely just "the tip of the iceberg," Edward Ashton, an astronomer ...

How Many Planets Are There in the Solar System? There are 8 planets in our solar system. The planets orbit the Sun in ...

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn, and the second-largest moon in our solar system. Interestingly amongst the hundreds of moons in our solar system, Titan is the only one with a thick atmosphere.

These moons, which vary in size and composition, offer a glimpse into the enigmatic past of our solar system. Let's go on a pictorial tour of 10 of the most interesting moons of Uranus ...

Researchers armed with the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed that some of Uranus' largest moons have one side brighter ...

Astronomers have captured silicate clouds and a mysterious disk around two giant young exoplanets, revealing surprises that ...

When the Sun becomes a red giant, will the outer planets and moons become more temperate and conducive to Earth-like life?

Once a star reaches the end of its life stage and becomes a red giant, any chance for life is extinguished. This is also true ...

For the first time, astronomers think they've found solid evidence of a moon orbiting a planet outside of our solar system. And it's a doozy. The exoplanet, named Kepler-1625b, is 8,000 light ...

Our solar system – which includes the Sun, eight planets, five dwarf planets, hundreds of moons and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids – has been the centre of studies covering a ...

To better understand Jupiter’s primordial stages, researchers turned to the tiniest of the planet’s 92 known moons. Almathea and Thebe respectively circle Jupiter at slightly tilted orbits roughly 112 ...

Astrophysicists have gained precious new insights into how distant exoplanets form and what their atmospheres can look like, ...