And a Twitter campaign is calling for help to name them. Richard A Lovett reports.
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‘Ploonets’ may explain astronomical mysteries
Australian and South American researchers suggest ‘ploonets’ are unseen actors in distant solar systems.
Planet Nine search finds 12 new Jovian moons
New discoveries include an oddball and the most distant known object in the solar system. Richard A Lovett reports.
Saturn’s moons created by violent collisions
Modelling supports hypothesis that the planet’s young moons formed from crashes between others. Lauren Fuge reports.
The shadow of Amalthea
One of Jupiter’s lesser known moons casts a shadow on the gas giant.
Full moon, Jupiter, and Jupiter’s moons
Earth’s moon hangs in the sky above Jupiter and its moons.
Wavy rings point to two undiscovered moons at Uranus
A couple of moonlets would bring the gas giant’s moon tally to 29.
Where did Mars’ moons come from?
Phobos and Deimos once had a bigger sibling, but today they’re sole survivors of a huge collision 4.5 billion years ago, according to new simulations. Belinda Smith reports.
Icy moons cracked by short sharp tidal tugs: study
Simulations show a close call with a similar object can tear an icy moon’s crust. Belinda Smith reports.
The search for planets beyond Pluto
Some scientists are convinced more planets exist in our Solar System. By Richard A. Lovett.