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

Scientists from UNSW Sydney have located a potential new exoplanet—a planet that orbits a star outside of our solar ...

Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...

“These moons are a few kilometers in size and are likely all fragments of a smaller number of originally captured moons that ...

There's plenty more planet mayhem to come throughout the week. Today, the Moon enters its first quarter, which many will know ...

"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to ...

After identifying an unusual trend in the movement of the hot Jupiter planet TOI-2818b, the team, from the UNSW School of Physics, ran a series of model simulations that pointed to the presence of ...

like Jupiter. Planets are formed from protoplanetary disks, spinning clouds of dust and gas that are the perfect ingredients for planet formation. This new study suggests the accretion takes place ...

Saturn has decisively claimed the crown. With the discovery of 128 new moons, the ringed planet’s total count has soared to 274 — nearly twice as many as all other planets combined. Jupiter now trails ...

Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...