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Why You Can't Name New Moons And Planets Anything You Want Pluto's two newest moons received their official names this week, and the name that led in the popular vote was Spock's home planet, Vulcan.

The full buck moon will reach its peak illumination on Thursday, July 10. It’s just one of this month’s celestial highlights.

It is possible that all rocky planets with large moons acquire them in this fashion. NASA/JPL-Caltech. Out of all the rocky planets in our Solar System, Earth is unique for many reasons, ...

Several planets stand still in the sky, Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Venus gives Taurus a second eye in the sky this ...

When we look up at our moon it feels singular, but, in fact, there are many moons in the solar system, belonging to different planets. Here are some fun facts about the other planet’s moons ...

The planets and moons then all rotate in the same direction. But only a few moons in our solar system were likely created this way. Scientists predict that Jupiter’s and Saturn's inner moons ...

Astronomers have discovered three previously unknown moons around Uranus and Neptune, the most distant planets in our solar system. The find includes one moon spotted orbiting Uranus — the first ...

I. n the grand scheme of things, the planets in our solar system don’t amount to more than a hill of beans.. Add together all the material in the planets, their moons, asteroids, and comets, and ...

Enormous rings may have graced many of the planets in the early solar system, giving rise to the moons that circle them today, scientists say.A new computer model suggests that the natural ...

In the scenario where planets had 500 small moons, the researchers found that only about a quarter of the moons still remained in orbit around their worlds by the end of the simulations.

Moon debris from such crashes could lead to giant ring systems around planets, like the 37 rings that encircle exoplanet J1407b, the team says. Science News sponsorship position.