But our moon is just one of 421 moons in our solar system, and it carves out a lonely figure. Our moon orbits our planet ...

With this new surge in its moon count, Saturn prevails with the most moons out of any other planet in the Solar System. Astronomers are now wondering, though, how this abundance of moons emerged in ...

There is no other moon quite like our own in the entire solar system. The Moon is unique in a lot of ways, some of which are ...

The Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union ... Their movements are irregular and opposite to the relative direction of the other moons, such as Titan and Rhea. Astronomers ...

The canonical example is of course our own moon, a decently big chunk of rock that orbits Earth. But centuries ago the first telescopic observations of other planets revealed that many have moons ...

Mars has two small, potato-shaped moons, called Phobos ... from the surface. Many other missions, both past and present, have revealed amazing insights about the planet's history, and future ...

Our moon bears a lot of responsibility: Its gravitational pull on the planet influences ocean tides; it can tell us a lot about the history of our solar system; and the midcentury race to land on ...

Get closer to our solar companions with the best telescopes for seeing planets, just in time for April's full moon and a stunning ... offer superb views of the other bodies in the solar system.

April's full moon, a micromoon, will be on April 12. The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak April 21-22 A crescent moon combines with Venus and Saturn for a "smiley face" in the sky on April 25.