Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

The number of planetary moons may also increase if we find more planets in the solar system. One such world is the elusive Planet Nine — a hypothetical giant planet that may lurk in the far ...

NASA tells us “naturally formed bodies that orbit ... The line of what is and isn’t a moon is a bit hazy. Moons orbiting ...

The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...

The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a large rock ...

planetary parades afford an uncommon opportunity to look up and appreciate our place in our solar system, with diverse worlds arrayed across the sky before our very eyes," NASA says on its website.

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

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

Saturn surpasses Jupiter with 128 newly discovered moons, becoming the planet with the most moons in our solar system.

Additionally, China is also investing in a human lunar program, seeking to land its own astronauts on the surface of the Moon ...

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time ... said in a statement to NASA. “Given what we know about the star they orbit, this probably indicates ...