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

On Sept. 17, 1789, the British astronomer William Herschel discovered Saturn's "Death Star" moon, Mimas. Of course, "Star ...

Until scientists learn more then, here are seven of the most fascinating discoveries they’ve made about Saturn so far. The ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago, and stuck around for around 40 million years ...

Saturn's moon, Titan, is the only other celestial body we know of where long-lasting reservoirs of liquid pool on the surface ...

Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn, which could have led to ...

Saturn’s rings are iconic, but new evidence suggests Earth might once have sported one of its own. This ring would have ...

On Tuesday evening, the Full Harvest Moon — also a Super Moon — undergoes a partial lunar eclipse visible across the U.S.

Just after midnight tonight, Saturn will appear at its biggest and brightest in the night sky. This is because Earth will be positioned directly between Saturn and the sun, offering stargazers a ...

"It provides the warmth necessary to form and sustain subsurface oceans in the moons around giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn." "Studying the inhospitable ... This research was funded by NASA's ...

While you're searching up at the sky, take a look to see if the T Coronae Borealis has popped yet, putting a new, temporary ...