If you look up on a clear night, the brightest and largest object in the sky will probably be the moon. And unless you have a decent telescope, it is the only natural satellite you can see with your ...

Far from the Sun’s heat, orbiting the outer planets of the solar system, are moons with oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces. Keith Cooper finds out how planetary scientists are ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered? When you purchase through links on our ...

There may be a clear winner in the race between Jupiter and Saturn for the most moons in the Solar System. Saturn officially ...

The Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids, and around three trillion comets and icy bodies. Although not all objects of the solar system are as ...

A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

"Life could go on as usual." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide ...

'We're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to where the sun and planets were forming.' When you purchase through links on ...