Here's a fun list of facts about the Moon. It's not just for lovers, you know. #1. The Moon is not a star or a planet, it's a ...

To Cool Earth’s Climate, Use Moon Dust, These Astrophysicists Say ... Such an approach would act as a “fine-tuned dimmer switch, leaving our planet untouched,” Bromley said, ...

The new moons orbit Jupiter from a distance—all 12 take at least 340 days to orbit the planet, and nine take more than 550 days—so this proved to be a slow process.

Astronomers spotted exoplanet AT2021ueyL b, a gas giant 3,262 light-years away, using microlensing. It orbits in the galactic ...

Scientists have scored a pristine view of a pair of exotic worlds orbiting a star more than 300 light-years away — one with ...

The planet’s rings could be from an ancient, missing moon, according to space scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley. Today, Saturn ...

Jupiter moons Callisto and Ganymede are among the biggest in the solar system, and potential grounds for liquid water and alien life. NASA's JUICE mission will probe them for signs of both.

To understand why there are no gas moons, in our solar system at least, it's best to first understand how gas giant planets form. There are two scenarios for gas-giant planet formation.

The Moon helps to point the way to find another gorgeous planet this month - Saturn. Look towards the south to spot the 70% illuminated Moon (Full Moon is on the 15th). Saturn will be directly above ...