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

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

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

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption on Io, Jupiter’s most volcanic moon. The eruption site, detected on 27 December 2024, is fueled by a massive magma chamber ...

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...

NASA eyes a return to Saturn with a new probe, aiming to uncover gas giant mysteries. Missions to Enceladus, Io, and the Moon promise insights into life, volcanism, and space origins.

Thermal emission measurements from the exoplanet Trappist-1 b suggest two plausible yet contradictory scenarios ...

NASA is preparing for the launch of its fifth New Frontiers mission, NF-5, aimed at exploring high-priority scientific ...

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

Witness celestial beauty! NASA's stunning images of the Moon, Jupiter, and Mars showcase our solar system's breathtaking ...

Sunrise: 6:43 A.M. Sunset: 9:25 P.M. Moonrise: 8:23 A.M. Moving along the ecliptic, the Moon passes 6° north of Jupiter at 8 P.M. EDT. You can enjoy the pair in the western sky long after sunset ...