The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered?

Earth's own moon, a beautiful but stark, dead world shaped by ancient volcanoes and countless impact craters, is undoubtedly the most familiar, but it's far from being the most interesting.

We have a whole lot of weird moons in the Solar System. We have hot moons and cold moons. There's a moon with liquid and many moons that are dusty. One planet has a walnut moon, and another has ...

Counting Saturn's new moons, there are 289 moons among the eight planets in the solar system and Pluto, which has five. Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet from a full-size one by the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92 for our solar system. The new count vaults Jupiter past Saturn ...

Our Solar System’s moons and planets have water—in the form of ice, vapor, and even oceans. Scientists are finding more evidence of water outside of Earth.

Ganymede, which is the largest moon in the Solar System, is also one of its ‘ocean worlds’. Most of these are moons that have an icy crust on top of a subsurface ocean.

Astronomers have observed 12 additional moons orbiting this planet, bringing its total number of confirmed moons to 92. Skip to content NOWCAST Live Coverage: Procession honoring fallen deputies ...

Many of the other moons of the solar system claim their names from mythological characters. One of Neptune’s moons for example is called "Triton" after the son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea.

Distant solar system objects can't move as quickly as objects moving with Jupiter.Follow-up observations for the 12 new moons took about a year to confirm, and the team used the Magellan Telescope ...

Distant solar system objects can't move as quickly as objects moving with Jupiter.Follow-up observations for the 12 new moons took about a year to confirm, and the team used the Magellan Telescope ...