Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon and the solar system's largest, is bigger than Mercury and the dwarf planet Pluto, with a diameter of 5,268 kilometers.

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

How can Uranus be used to indirectly study its moons and identify if they possess subsurface oceans? This is what a recent ...

The solar system is home to bizarre moons like Enceladus and Callisto, each unveiling nature’s wonders and some of science’s ...

Io is an incredibly active and extreme place, with glistening lava lakes and volcanic eruptions shooting sulfur and magma to huge heights.

IMAGINE your home was powered by the dirt in your back garden. Well, that could be a reality for future lunar astronauts.

Scientists have created solar cells using simulated Moon dust, potentially solving one of space exploration's biggest ...

The same dirt that clings to astronauts’ boots may one day keep their lights on. In a study publishing April 3 in the Cell ...