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

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

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

Plus: Observe two stunning spirals, see Venus reappear as a morning star, and enjoy the Last Quarter Moon in the sky this ...

Could there be more moons out there? Gladman said current technology had been taken as far as possible in the search around Saturn and Jupiter. He said the new moons are not yet ready to be named ...

It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

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

Jupiter's four largest moons - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto - were the first ever ... We only need to discover ten more moons around Saturn to give it double the number of all the other planets ...

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

The solar system has a new “moon king” and it’s Saturn. The planet has snatched the title from Jupiter after scientists discovered that 128 new moons are orbiting Saturn, taking its total tally to 274 ...