K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

Juno arrived at Jupiter in 2016 and has made over 60 orbits of the giant planet, but for the past few years it has been edging closer and making fly-bys of the large Galilean moons. On Dec. 30, 2023 ...

The innermost moon, Phobos, has lots of craters and is roughly 13.8 miles (22.2 km) in diameter. In about 50 million years, it is expected to break up or crash into Mars. Deimos orbits 2.5 times ...

Its unique elongated orbit takes the asteroid around the sun and into Earth's vicinity before it ventures far out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter ... of hitting the moon at that time ...

In Io's case, Jupiter's intense gravity tugs on the much smaller moon as the latter orbits in an elliptical (oval-shaped) pattern, meaning Io is closer to Jupiter at some points during its orbit and ...

Eid 2025 moon sighting: Brunei officially confirms the date for celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr; the first day of Shawwal will be observed on this date. Eid 2025 moon sighting: Muslims in Brunei to ...

Some of the planets — like Venus, Jupiter and Mars — were relatively ... All of the naked-eye planets, as well as the moon, closely follow an imaginary line in the sky called the ecliptic.

Saturn has surpassed Jupiter, which has 95 known ... Sheppard gave hints about the existence of these moons between 2004 and 2007. However, because their orbits could not be reliably followed ...

One of these is the new moon solar eclipse that’s peaking on the morning of March 29. This supercharged lunation serves as the counterpart to the lunar eclipse that took place in Virgo two weeks ...

“H3+ has a been a clear signifier on all the gas giants — Jupiter, Saturn ... Because of the way the planet orbits — almost entirely tipped over onto its side — its auroras aren’t ...