After many previous claims and false alarms, astronomers can finally confirm the existence of at least four planets less ...

While Earthlings were watching the moon turn blood red during Friday morning’s lunar eclipse, a robotic lander on the moon was looking back and getting a very different – and very rare – view.

The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.

On March 13-14, 2025, a total lunar eclipse will be visible across Earth's night side. Although the point of greatest eclipse ...

The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...

Tucson time, the moon will begin to dim as it hides behind the Earth. It will reach total eclipse at 11:26 p.m., NASA says.

Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the ...

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 ...

A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more ...

A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.