In reality, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of natural satellites, in our cosmic ... to be considered planets in their own right. So exactly how many solar system moons have we found?

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

MAROON-X was specifically designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a ...

Astronomers have long believed that the swirling disks of gas and dust that form planets around young stars last only about ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...

The first time you may have heard the term ‘dwarf planet’ was when Pluto got demoted to one in 2006 (RIP). However, we actually have six in our Solar System. Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris ...

At about 6 light years away, Barnard's star is the nearest single star - one not orbiting with other stars - to our solar system ... any Earth-sized planets residing in the habitable zone but ...