NASA launches Europa Clipper mission to investigate namesake Jupiter's moon, a potentially habitable ocean world ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 31 votes
Earth has caught a temporary 'second moon,' scientists say ~space Article 643 words, published Sep 26 2024 20 votes
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission looked doomed. Could engineers save it? ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 1816 words 7 votes
The Lunar Crater Database provides the location and dimensions of 1.3 million lunar impact craters ~space Article 1445 words 12 votes
With new, sharper optics, Arizona telescope captures rare images of Jupiter’s moon Io ~space astronomy Article 1219 words, published May 30 2024 14 votes
Scientists attempt to explain “magic islands” on Saturn’s largest moon ~space Article 386 words 6 votes
Where did the term blue moon come from, and how rare is the ‘super blue moon’ later this month? ~space astronomy Article 1003 words 6 votes
Key building block for life found at Saturn's moon Enceladus ~space astronomy Article 508 words 9 votes
Resemblance between features on Europa's frozen surface and landform in Greenland provide new indications moon may be capable of harboring life ~space Article 655 words 5 votes
Diving and driving on icy moons: One strategy for exploring Enceladus and Europa ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 1189 words 3 votes
Twenty new moons found orbiting Saturn, making it the planet with the most known moons ~space Article 1063 words 10 votes
Animated atlas of all the known moons in our solar system ~space Article published Jul 9 2019 8 votes
NASA chooses Saturn’s moon Titan as its next destination as part of Project DragonFly—a drone mission to explore Titan's surface over two years ~space Article 410 words 28 votes
Will we find extraterrestrial life on ice worlds? Why Europa is the place to go for alien life. ~space astronomy Article 2429 words 4 votes
Meet Hippocamp! Neptune's smallest moon has a name (and a violent past) ~space astronomy Article 948 words 11 votes
Jupiter’s got twelve new moons — one is a bit of a problem child ~space astronomy Article 645 words 8 votes
Scientists find evidence of complex organic molecules from Enceladus ~space astronomy Article 510 words 16 votes