With over 200 moons in the solar system, there is much to learn and to love about these moons and the scientists and telescopes that discovered them.

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered?

There are just eight planets in our Solar System (sorry Pluto), so the neighborhood can feel pretty empty. But there are over 200 moons orbiting objects in the solar system, including planets and ...

It would sometimes seem as though there are two solar systems: One including planets, and another including moons. Until recently, most books about the solar system focused on the planets ...

Each of the solar system’s 178 moons tells a story. Whether they started as planetary twins or as wayward rocks captured by a planet’s gravity, these natural satellites can be as geologically active, ...

But it’s not just looks. Rocky composition, general size, orbital behaviors—a lot of those qualities can be the same on both ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered?

Since there are more than 150 moons in our solar system, you might think that plenty of other worlds would be occasionally treated to such a celestial shadowing. But unlike Earth, our fellow ...

A total of 194 known moons orbit planets and dwarf planets in our solar system. This includes confirmed moons and provisional ones that are on their way to becoming official.