Astronomers announced that they have discovered new moons around Neptune and Uranus. The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center published its findings Friday, showing the first new ...

PASADENA, Calif. — Two of Neptune’s innermost moons perform a strange dance to avoid each other that is weird and completely unique compared to all known orbits, according to new research. Naiad and ...

[Related: Neptune’s faint rings glimmer in new James Webb Space Telescope image.] “The three newly discovered moons are the faintest ever found around these two ice giant planets using ground-based ...

Our solar system has a few new entries with the recent discovery of three moons of Uranus and Neptune. These ice giant planets are so far away that it is difficult to detect small moons orbiting them, ...

Lying at the very outskirts of our solar system, the ice giant Neptune has long represented both a challenge and a mystery to astronomers and space explorers alike. The dark and cold planet, the ...

The International Astronomical Union has confirmed the existence of three currently unnamed moons — one around Uranus and two orbiting Neptune. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Far out on the edge of the solar system, chilly Neptune takes 165 years to complete a single orbit around the sun. And in orbit around Neptune are 14 moons, some of which are even geologically active.

This animation illustrates how the odd orbits of Neptune's inner moons Naiad and Thalassa enable them to avoid each other as they race around the planet. NASA Neptune may be one of the more mysterious ...

It takes two to tango, or so they say of humans. It turns out the same can be said about a neighboring planet’s moons. According to new research published in the journal Icarus last month, two of ...

Bobbing up and down like a carousel horse might not sound like a stable way to orbit a planet, but it works for one little moon of Neptune. The planet’s innermost known satellite, Naiad, has a tilted ...

Astronomers with the International Astronomical Union have discovered three previously unknown moons at the farthest planets of our solar system — two circling Neptune and one around Uranus. The moons ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Astronomers are adding three newly discovered moons to our solar ...