Why is that some planets, such as Saturn, have more than a hundred moons, while others, such as Venus, have none?

For circumbinary exomoons, our research shows that it would be best to search in systems that have a wide binary separation, as stable moons were able to orbit at up to 10% of their planet's hill ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

Pluto and its largest moon Charon could have come together via a 10-hour “kiss-and-capture” encounter after a grazing ...

Not every planet has a moon — so why do some planets have several moons, while others have none? I'm a physics instructor who has followed the current theories that describe why some planets ...

Two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) struck Earth’s magnetic field on New Year’s Eve, bringing out the displays of light in the ...

New research sheds light on F-type stars. Could these hot and massive stars be the key to finding habitable planets and ...

Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit with the dwarf planet. A new simulation suggests how it ended up there.