Two new moons of Neptune, and one new moon of Uranus, have been discovered, taking each planet's total moon count to 16 and ...

in keeping with the naming convention of outer uranian moons. Sheppard hopes it will be Violenta from All's Well That Ends Well, after his daughter, Violet. Neptune's pair of new moons brings the ...

Scientists predict that Jupiter's and Saturn's inner moons formed ... including Jupiter's and Saturn's outer moons, were probably gravitationally captured by their planets. Earth's Moon is special ...

stability of the inner Uranian satellites, and co-discovered a moon of Neptune. In addition to his research, Robert is a Co-I on the Ring-Moon Systems Node of the Planetary Data System, where he leads ...

In many ways it more nearly resembled Triton, a moon of Neptune's, than any of the planets in the outer solar system. Nevertheless, because it orbited the Sun like a planet, it was classified as a ...

Fortunately the name is a misnomer, since there are also moons, dwarf planets, and even the International ... Here are six new outer-space destinations in Google Maps we recommend checking out.

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center has announced the discovery of three previously unknown moons of Uranus and Neptune ... like all outer satellites of Uranus, will ...