Gordon tells Universe Today, "We were motivated at the start by a couple of ideas, but my biggest source of inspiration was the idea that circumbinary planets ... moons within our solar system ...

19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar ...

A mini-moon that has been orbiting Earth for the past two months will peel away from our planet's orbit today (Nov. 25) as it prepares for a decades-long jaunt through the solar system.

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New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the distribution of ices in ...

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The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced Friday , Feb. 23, 2024, that astronomers have found three previously unknown moons in our solar system — two additional ...

Miranda is one of the moons orbiting the planet Uranus in the Solar System. (Getty Images/Corey Ford/Stocktrek Images) He added that it is premature to assume the presence of oceans means there is ...

Credit: buradaki/Getty Images A mini-moon that has ... will peel away from our planet's orbit today (Nov. 25) as it prepares for a decades-long jaunt through the solar system.