"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's ...

With a whopping total of 274 moons, researchers say Saturn’s tug of war with Jupiter for the title is settled once and for ...

Americans will have to stay up late or get up really early this week to see the latest celestial event – a total lunar eclipse. The Sun, Earth, and Blood Moon will align on Thursday night and Friday ...

Saturn has decisively claimed the crown. With the discovery of 128 new moons, the ringed planet’s total count has soared to 274 — nearly twice as many as all other planets combined. Jupiter now trails ...

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

VIAVI Solutions announced its contribution to NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ...

The smashups are thought to have occurred at least 100 million years ago, but the moons they created are new to astronomers.

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

How do rogue planetary-mass objects – celestial bodies that fall between planets and stars in size – come into existence? An ...

Even before the recently announced moons, Saturn had more than anyone could reasonably keep track of. Now, astronomers have ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...