A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...

By Sage Rohrbach A photo of five of Saturn’s moons, captured by the Cassani spacecraft. The moons visible are Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Rhea, and Mimas. Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science ...

Nyx is the is the Ancient Greek goddess of the night.  Unlike her sister, Eos, the goddess of the Dawn, Nyx is a mysterious figure.

Astronomers stunned to find Saturn has 128 more moons in rare discovery - The sixth planet from the Sun now has a grand total ...

Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

Vera Rubin, M.S. ’51, a pioneering astronomer in research on galaxy rotation rates, will be honored on a U.S. Quarter as part ...

King University's Institute for Faith & Culture’s spring series, “Think on These Things,” continues March 24 with Brother Guy ...

Astronomers are racing to protect the dark skies as private companies seek to place large advertisements in Earth orbit ...

Satellites connect people around the world but they also interfere with astronomers’ views of the cosmos. There are ways to ...

SpaceX and other companies plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites, which could mar astronomical observations and pollute the atmosphere.

Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the planet with the most moons with 274.The International ...

This multitude of small, not very round objects are thought to be fragments of larger moons that broke apart in collisions ...