The Solar System is a vast and mysterious realm, filled with planets, moons, asteroids, and icy bodies waiting to be ...

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve ...

Saturn has at least 274 moons — the most of any planet in the solar system. (Image credit: dottedhippo via Getty Images) If you look up on a clear night, the brightest and largest object in the ...

Moons are natural satellites that rotate around planets or asteroids. They come in many shapes, sizes and types. Larger moons are spherical, but others can have an irregular shape or ...

There's a new moon king in our solar system: 12 new moons were discovered around Jupiter, which makes it the planet with the most moons. Jupiter is already the biggest planet in our solar system.

"This gives us ideas on how the solar system might have formed. We want to see if we can find more families out in the Kuiper Belt, and learn what that might mean." Top 10 Extreme Planet Facts ...

All but two of our solar system's planets have natural satellites of one sort or another. Earth's own moon, a beautiful but stark, dead world shaped by ancient volcanoes and countless impact ...

All but two of our solar system's planets have natural satellites of one sort or another. Earth's own moon, a beautiful but stark, dead world shaped by ancient volcanoes and countless impact ...

Jupiter already reigns as king of the planets — it's the largest one in our solar system. And now, the gas giant has the most known moons, too.Astronomers have observed 12 additional moons ...

A further 128 moons have been discovered orbiting Saturn, bringing the planet's total to 274 – more than there are around all the other planets in our solar system combined.