Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

The Russian company Avant Space deployed what it called the "first space media satellite" into Earth's orbit. This satellite ...

One of the great things about astronomy is that it’s always full of surprises, especially when it comes to comets — you just ...

Astronomers are racing to protect the dark skies as private companies seek to place large advertisements in Earth orbit ...

A new comet has been discovered. Now getting closer to the sun and expected to brighten over the next few weeks, comet C/2025 ...

Saturn has 128 more moons than astronomers previously thought - The sixth planet from the Sun now has a grand total of 274 ...

A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...

FARGO — The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has recognized 128 new moons in orbit around the planet Saturn, giving the ringed planet more known moons than the rest of the planets in the ...

This week, the International Astronomical Union recognized the team’s discovery. The 128 newly discovered moons are considered irregular, meaning they’re tiny fragments of larger moons that ...

While Earth’s one and only moon enthralls everyone on this planet, it can’t hold a candle to Saturn’s 274 moons, 128 of which were recently discovered and recognized by the International Astronomical ...

The International Astronomical Union recognized the discovery by astronomers from Taiwan, Canada, USA, and France on March 11. The team who discovered 107 of the new moons and helped confirm the ...