Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have been born in a colossal cosmic crash. New research suggests Titan formed when two older moons slammed together hundreds of millions of years ago—an event so ...

Saturn's largest moon, the smog-enshrouded Titan, could be the result of a dramatic merger between two other moons that ...

One of the longest stellar dimming events ever observed was likely caused by the gigantic saucer-like rings of either an unseen brown dwarf or 'super-Jupiter' blocking its host star's light, ...

A total lunar eclipse is the highlight of the month. For planetary action, Jupiter is well placed most of the night and there are many events involving its Galilean moons. Soon after sunset, ...

Astronomers have reported one of the longest stellar dimming events ever recorded, with a Sun-like star fading by 97 percent for nearly 200 days. Astronomers believe one of the longest stellar dimming ...

Under this new model, Titan itself is the result of a collision between two earlier moons: a large body called “Proto-Titan,” ...

In A Nutshell A star 3,260 light-years away dimmed by over 95% for six months, one of the longest stellar blackouts ever ...

At the heart of the constellation Monoceros, the star named ASASSN-24fw saw its brightness drop by 97% for nearly two hundred days. Such an observation immediately sparked the curiosity ...

Webb Telescope finds crystalline water ice around star HD 181327. This discovery could reveal how icy bodies contribute to ...

Six planets—including Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury—will line up in the sky. Here’s the best time to watch and where to find ...

A recently published study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society has uncovered an intriguing explanation for one of the longest and most unusual stellar dimming events ever observed.