Of the thousands of single-star systems in our galaxy, around 10% are known to have planets. Scientists thus expected about ...

In the eastern Utah desert, carbon-dioxide-saturated water bubbles, sprays and foams from the ground. These cold-water ...

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

Now, a study led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk proposes an explanation linking the formation of the moons and rings, centering on the possibility that Titan is the product of a moon merger.

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The next full moon will be the February snow moon, set to rise in Cancer, amid the visible Beehive cluster of stars and bright Regulus, ahead of the upcoming solar and lunar eclipse of 2026.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus. The moon, designated S/2025 U1, is about six miles (10 kilometers) in diameter, which made it hard to spot by ...

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At bedtime, my 7-year-old daughter and I have been reading the book, Dancing through Space. It's the story of the first Black female astronaut, Mae Jemison. Mae Jemison has become my daughter’s latest ...

While the second month of 2026 is fairly quiet, celestial event-wise, you'll be able to catch six planets in the sky at once at the end of February as well. February's full moon is called the Snow ...

As the full moon peaks in the night sky, a transformation occurs—flesh turns to fur, finger nails to claws, man to beast. The sinister howls of the werewolf have permeated folklore for centuries, but ...