A beautiful map of the solar system’s largest moon. Story by Tibi Puiu • 1w. O ver four centuries after Galileo Galilei first observed Ganymede in 1610, ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. ... Pluto's largest moon Charon is probably big enough to be considered a major moon if it orbited a true planet.

Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system, and is larger than both Pluto and Mercury. It is also the only moon known to have its own magnetic field, whose eerie sound NASA's Juno mission ...

Image: NASA. Titan (Moon of Saturn) Diameter: 5,151 kilometre Titan is the second-largest moon in the Solar System and has a thick atmosphere, primarily nitrogen.

A gargantuan asteroid impact on Ganymede, the solar system’s largest moon, significantly altered the body’s axis, according to a new study in Scientific Reports.. Ganymede is a Jovian moon ...

Lake Effect astronomy contributor Jean Creighton shares some myths behind some of our solar system’s most famous moons and ...

Colossal Asteroid, 20 Times the Size of Dinosaur-Killer, Struck Solar System’s Largest Moon 4 Billion Years Ago. Story by ...

Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, holds the title of being the biggest moon in our solar system. It has a radius of 1,635 miles (2,631 kilometers) Image: science.nasa.gov ...

Jupiter moons Callisto and Ganymede are among the biggest in the solar system, and potential grounds for liquid water and alien life. NASA's JUICE mission will probe them for signs of both.

But the undeniably cool cryovolcano champ in the solar system has to be Enceladus, Saturn’s minuscule moon. Enceladus is a frozen ball about 313 miles in diameter but it is not frozen solid.