Almost everything you could want to know about Jupiter's biggest moon, Ganymede.

Four billion years ago, Ganymede literally got knocked sideways. A giant asteroid slammed into Jupiter’s largest moon, ...

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

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

NASA announced that it has evidence that Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system, has a vast ocean lurking underneath its icy crust. WSJ's Monika Auger reports. Photo ...

The first time you may have heard the term ‘dwarf planet’ was when Pluto got demoted to one in 2006 (RIP). However, we actually have six in our Solar System. Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris ...

The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...

Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede is generating "killer" waves of electrons that astronomers say could damage spacecraft going on future missions. These electromagnetic waves can be found all around ...

(Earth's Moon is 2,159 miles across, while Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, measures 3,270 miles.) They're also considered irregular, meaning their orbits are variably inclined, eccentric (oval ...

When conducting measurements, GALA sends short laser pulses down to the surface of the icy moon currently under investigation, Europa, Ganymede or Callisto. At the surface, the pulses are reflected ...