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

Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far beyond any other planet in our solar system. A natural-color view of ...

Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has probed deep into the dusty shroud of a young nebula alight with star formation on the hunt for "failed star" brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs are stellar ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, raising questions ... using a powerful telescope such as the James Webb Space Telescope or even a spacecraft in future.

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...

Saturn has 274 moons recognized by the International ... A large trench crosses the moon, running diagonally from its north to south pole and spanning three-quarters of the satellite's circumference.

A new study looking at observations by the JWST of the early universe has thrown ... scale axis that is close to the Galactic pole," the team explains in their paper. "Some cosmological models ...

Athena, the second lunar lander from Houston company Intuitive Machines, tipped over during its touchdown on March 6, ending up on its side within a small crater near the moon's south pole.

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 Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Saturn and Jupiter have ...