#Moons

Science & Technology | Cosmic Research

Pluto’s largest moon may have once had an ocean

Charon may have once had a subsurface ocean that has long since frozen and expanded, pushing out on the moon’s surface and causing it to stretch and fracture on a massive scale.

Science & Technology | Cosmic Research

Latest New Horizons picture of Charon: oddly familiar

The New Horizons team released one more picture from Tuesday's encounter, one of three high-resolution images from a mosaic that crossed the center of Charon's disk, and it took me a while to figure out what it reminded me of.

Science & Technology | Cosmic Research

Pluto’s Unique Moons! — Starts With A Bang!

Pluto’s moons, Nix and Hydra, are the first with irregular rotations, and hence unpredictable sunsets and sunrises.

Science & Technology | Cool Stuff

We're One Step Closer to Understanding a Moon That Could Be Home to Alien Life

Finding life elsewhere would end our cosmic isolation: if there is life in our own planetary backyard, then life is probably common throughout the universe. These enticing possibilities are why my colleagues and I have spent 17 years developing a spacecra

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Naked Titan Viewed for First Time

The solar wind stormed past Saturn's moon Titan while a spacecraft watched.

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NASA Unveils Best Map Ever of Neptune's Moon Triton (Photo, Video)

A scientist has created the best-ever global color map of Neptune's big moon Triton, using images taken by a NASA spacecraft 25 years ago.