In March 2025, the International Astronomical Union recognised the discovery of a whopping 128 more moons orbiting around ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...
Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide boiling oceans underneath their surfaces, a new study finds. Previous research found that some of the icy moons in the outer solar ...
The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...
Several small worlds beyond Jupiter are not just frozen rubble. Beneath their shining skins, many hide oceans of liquid water. New research says those seas do not always stay calm. When the ice lids ...
So far, humanity has yet to find its first "exomoon"—a moon orbiting a planet outside of the solar system. But that hasn't been for lack of trying. According to a new paper by Thomas Winterhalder of ...