The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...

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The smashups are thought to have occurred at least 100 million years ago, but the moons they created are new to astronomers.

Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons , as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team of ...

Saturn and Jupiter, the two gas giants, have long vied for the title of “moon king.” Over the years, astronomers have been ...

The magazine, which will be taken over by graffiti artist 10Foot, will also feature an Irish language poem from rappers Kneecap.

Revisiting a proposal made last year by Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad (CPKC) and the Iowa Department of Transportation, the council discussed the potential closing of the railroad crossing ...

But since everything in space is in motion ... “It’s really tough to get a sharp image of a comet because the stars move independently of it,” she said. “Similar to the aurora, after ...

Academics from the universities of Exeter and Vienna monitored the brains of 49 people as they received small electric shocks.

This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...

The Kuiper Belt is a band on the outer edge of the Solar System made up of space’s odds and ends: comets, dwarf planets, and ...

You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the ...