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July's full moon has arrived. This full moon rises in the earth sign of Capricorn, the ambitious and grounded sea goat of the ...
Moons are rife in the Saturnian system and they come in all shapes and sizes.
Some of Uranus' moons show signs of having subsurface liquid oceans where life might be possible. A mission to the Uranian moon system could help planetary scientists learn more about the ...
Saturn was already the reigning champion in the moon department. Now, with 274, Saturn has more moons than all the other planets combined.
When scientists using NASA's Cassini space probe discovered organic compounds in blocks of ice from Enceladus, they wondered if this meant the Saturnian moon might have the ingredients for life ...
A new study of Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas finds evidence of a young, underground ocean that may be hospitable to early forms of life.
Uranus and Neptune have 28 and 16 known moons, respectively. Despite not technically being a planet anymore, Pluto has five moons. The 128 new Saturnian satellites are all considered irregular moons.
Two new moons orbiting between Mimas and Enceladus, discovered by the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, may be the smallest bodies so far seen around the ringed planet.
Space.com: The Cassini probe has spotted what appears to be an ice volcano on Titan, a finding that may help explain the source of the Saturnian moon's thick atmosphere.
Astronomers recently announced that they had discovered 62 new moons around the ringed planet Saturn and more are being added to the list. So, how have they lain hidden for so long?
If there’s life, or the remains of life, on the Saturnian moon, it could be because Titan—despite its low temperature—is more similar to Earth than it is to the universe’s much older and ...