Exomoons are a hot topic in the science community, as none have been confirmed with astronomers finding new and creative ways to identify them. But while astronomers have searched for exomoons ...

Free-floating, planetary-mass objects that are just drifting carefree through the galaxy, untethered and starless, appear to be able to generate their own systems of moons, like a planetary system on ...

A new study from NYU Abu Dhabi has found that high-energy particles from space, known as cosmic rays, could create the energy needed to support life underground on planets and moons in our solar ...

Bright full moons, dazzling meteor shower displays and remarkable total eclipses will give stargazers plenty of reasons to look to the sky in 2026. The new year kicks off with the full wolf moon on ...

What is the difference between a moon and a planet? Trick question! According to scientific definitions, there often isn’t much of a difference at all. That might seem counterintuitive, but it’s true.

About 4.6 billion years ago, our corner of space was basically just a boring cloud of gas and dust floating around, and then something amazing happened that turned this mess into the planets, moons, ...