This year, astronomers discovered more than 100 previously unknown moons in our own solar system. There may be many more yet to be discovered, and cataloguing them could help us better understand how ...

Saturn has pulled decisively ahead in the solar system’s quiet “moon race,” with astronomers now tallying a staggering 274 natural satellites circling the ringed giant. The new count, driven by the ...

We used to think moons were the boring sidekicks of the solar system. For decades, we treated them like cosmic leftovers — cold, dead rocks that did nothing but tag along with their parent planets. We ...

"Life could go on as usual." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide ...

Far from the Sun’s heat, orbiting the outer planets of the solar system, are moons with oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces. Keith Cooper finds out how planetary scientists are ...

Several small worlds beyond Jupiter are not just frozen rubble. Beneath their shining skins, many hide oceans of liquid water. New research says those seas do not always stay calm. When the ice lids ...

The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are known to have oceans of liquid water between the ice shell and the rocky ...

The moons are all tiny, barely two miles across in size. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A multitude of new moons have made their ...

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