Scientists believe Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could be one of humanity's best bets to find some form of extraterrestrial ...

But that’s for a different reason: a fainter star periodically orbits in front of Algol itself ... Grab a telescope to view ...

Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.

These changes in appearance are the phases of the moon. As the moon orbits Earth, it cycles through eight distinct phases. The four primary phases of the moon (new moon, first quarter, full moon ...

The Cassini orbiter, a collaborative mission by NASA, ESA, and ASI, provided us with a stunning legacy of Saturn and its intricate system of rings and moons.

As the Earth orbits the sun, it pulls itself through comet tails, resulting in meteor showers, and occasionally picks up the occasional extra moon along the way ... rings like you can usually see with ...

NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will ...

Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

A team of astronomers has identified a rocky planet with a mass similar to Earth’s, orbiting a white dwarf star approximately ...

A recent study suggests that Uranus’ small moon Miranda may have a hidden ocean beneath its icy surface, challenging what ...

Our solar system consists of Sun and celestial bodies bound to it by gravity, including planets, moons, asteroids, and comets ...

For the most part, these moons (such as Europa or Enceladus) have been gravitationally bound to the gas giants Jupiter or Saturn ... 2:1 resonance (for every two orbits Io makes around Jupiter ...