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Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...
Mars and the moon will also be in conjunction tonight. If you're lucky enough to have clear skies tonight, you can catch a ...
Jupiter now trails far behind with just 95 confirmed moons ... They certainly don’t look like the familiar Moon around Earth. Most of them are irregular satellites — tiny fragments, just 2 to 4 ...
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...
NASA's vast archive of science data, over 100 petabytes and counting, is proving to be a timeless treasure trove for new ...
In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point ...
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...
Sunrise: 6:56 A.M. Sunset: 9:17 P.M. Moonrise: 4:25 A.M. Moonset: 1:42 P.M. Today starts a run of events taking place around mighty Jupiter, as its Galilean moons show off while they dance in ...
April marks the last time to see Jupiter at its best before its observing window closes. On Tuesday evening (April 1), ...
Jupiter has 95, Uranus has 28 and Neptune has 16, for a total of 142 moons. We only need to discover ten more moons around Saturn to give it double the number of all the other planets combined. The ...