- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 6th, 2015
NASA Reveals New Views of Pluto's Small Moons Nix and Hydra
The space images were obtained by the New Horizons probe
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- May 14th, 2015
New Horizons Delivers Its First View of Pluto Moons Kerberos and Styx
The orbs were imaged by NASA's New Horizons probe from a distance of over 55 million miles (88.5 million kilometers)
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 6th, 2015
Jupiter's Moons Seen Parading Across the Planet's Surface
The moons, Europa, Callisto and Io, were imaged with the help of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 29th, 2014
ESA Is Well on Track to Send a Spacecraft to Jupiter, Have It Search for Alien Life
Having landed its Philae probe on comet 679/C-G, the Agency now turns its attention to Jupiter and its moons
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 15th, 2014
Saturn's A Ring May Be Forming a New Moon
Cassini sees disturbances rippling through the ring's icy expanses
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 13th, 2014
Largest Moon in the Solar System Gets First Global Geologic Map – Video
Ganymede is now finally on the map thanks to USGS researchers
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 13th, 2014
Cassini Images Small Saturnine Moon Janus – Photo
The view was collected during a recent close pass the spacecraft made
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 5th, 2013
Jovian Moon Europa May Feature a Warm Core
The satellite may therefore be capable of supporting life
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 13th, 2013
Cassini Sees Saturn, Mars, Earth and Venus in Same Image
This is the first time the spacecraft took such a photo
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 4th, 2013
Five of Saturn's Moons Pose for the Cassini Spacecraft
The probe has been studying the gas giant since 2004
- Science Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- October 10th, 2013
Pluto's Strange Moons Are the Result of a Huge Collision
A new study explains how the moons were created and how they reached their current orbits
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 12th, 2012
New Horizons Needs to Watch Its Steps While Flying by Pluto
Newly-discovered moon hints at possible obstacles in its path
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 11th, 2012
Potential Fifth Moon Found Orbiting Pluto
It was only in 2011 that scientists found the world's fourth natural satellite
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 11th, 2012
Jupiter Reveals Two New Moons
They were first discovered and identified back in 2010
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 9th, 2012
Iapetus' Equatorial Ridge Formed by “Dead” Moon
Experts propose new formation mechanism for the mysterious feature
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 4th, 2012
Earth Has Several Temporary Moons
Our planet has more than one moon at any given time, experts say
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 15th, 2012
Enceladus' Geysers Seen in a New Light
The landscape features are extremely interesting to astronomers