Gas giant Saturn has significantly extended its "who has the most moons in the Solar System" competition, with 11 more moons ...

If you look up on a clear night, the brightest and largest object in the sky will probably be the moon. And unless you have a decent telescope, it is the only natural satellite you can see with your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Enceladus, a moon of Saturn ...

SPARROW, a steam-powered robotic concept, could one day take giant leaps over some of the most hazardous terrains known (and unknown) in the solar system. Steam locomotion may sound like an antiquated ...

This year, astronomers discovered more than 100 previously unknown moons in our own solar system. There may be many more yet to be discovered, and cataloguing them could help us better understand how ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

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 texture. Although ...

Several small worlds beyond Jupiter are not just frozen rubble. Beneath their shining skins, many hide oceans of liquid water. New research says those seas do not always stay calm. When the ice lids ...

Far from the Sun’s heat, orbiting the outer planets of the solar system, are moons with oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces. Keith Cooper finds out how planetary scientists are ...

A gargantuan asteroid impact on Ganymede, the solar system’s largest moon, significantly altered the body’s axis, according to a new study in Scientific Reports. Ganymede is a Jovian moon that is ...