Plus: A solar eclipse and an occultation of the Pleiades as our satellite skims through several constellations in the sky ...

The eastern half of the U.S. sees Ganymede off the western limb, with Europa in transit. Watch the eastern limb of Jupiter for the appearance of Europa’s shadow around 10:15 p.m. EDT ...

Astronomers have successfully captured Neptune's auroras for the first time, utilizing the combined capabilities of the James ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

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

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

Wondering what there is to love about Jupiter? The Jovian giant has many reasons that are worthy of your affection, whether ...

As well as some of the darkest skies on the U.S. East Coast, it's also the nation's southernmost point. At 24.5 degrees north ...

in addition to its larger cousins Ganymede and Callisto — performed a daring "first-ever double gravity assist maneuver" around the Earth to speed up on its way to Jupiter. (JUICE's anticipated ...