On March 29, a partial solar eclipse will cause a dark shadow over eastern North America — and weather satellites will pick ...

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 ...

taking its tally of moons to 274 -- the most for any planet in the Solar System. International Astronomical Union recognised the discovery made by a team of astronomers led by Edward Ashton at the ...

The gas giant planets of our solar system have many moons, which are defined as objects that orbit around planets or other bodies that are not stars. Jupiter has 95 known moons, Uranus 28 ...

All of the planets in our solar system are unique in their own way. One of the most recognizable is Saturn, famous for its incredible rings. But now, the gas giant has cemented its dominance in ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

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 ...

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 Saturn as seen from NASA's Cassini spacecraft after more than 13 ...

If you find Jupiter, you’ll likely see four small dots to the side of the gas giant: they are the Galilean moons, four of the 95 natural satellites around the Solar System’s largest planet.