A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

The Earth is getting a second 'mini-moon' later this month, but it'll only last from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, researchers say.

Our Solar System has eight planets, a few dwarf planets and more than 200 moons. But wait. Are you seeing double? Or did ...

A star’s flyby likely altered the orbits of trans-Neptunian objects beyond Neptune that changes how we view the solar ...

The mini-moon, an asteroid called 2024 PT5, was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Aug.

Google Maps in Space lets you "walk" the surface of the Moon, Mars, Venus, and other entities in the Solar System, as well as ...

The night sky on Tuesday will treat us to a partial lunar eclipse during a supermoon. It’s an astronomical wonder that almost ...

This gas cloud located 500 light years away from our solar system is about to become a planet.This process usually takes a ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper is set launch in October to explore the habitability of an ice-covered ocean world in our solar system ...

An astronomer is suggesting that Mars once had a large moon that exerted enough force to create a large bulge on its surface.

ISRO Venus Orbiter Mission, a Rs 1,236cr project, will explore Venus's environment & understand its transformation from a ...

Our solar system might still bear the scars from an extremely close shave with an alien star. Such an encounter – the closest pass we know of – would have shaken up objects on the outskirts and might ...