Moons

A subsatellite, also known as a submoon, or moonmoon, or a schmoon, is a "moon of a moon" or a hypothetical natural satellite that orbits the moon of a planet.It is inferred from the empirical study of natural satellites in the Solar System that subsatellites may be rare, albeit possible, elements of planetary systems.

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How Many Moons Does Jupiter Really Have? Inside the Constantly Changing Moon Count

Catching the October Action With Jupiter’s Moons

NASA’s Webb telescope gets a never-before-seen look at how moons could form on exoplanets

Prospect of life on Saturn’s moons rises after discovery of organic substances | Scientists studying water vapor plume from Enceladus find presence of complex molecules that could harbor life

Pluto's dwarf planet partner Charon may have spilled its guts to create 2 of the pair's moons

Rogue Planets Floating in Space Appear to Be Forming Their Own Moons

JWST Reveals Four Distinct CO₂ Types on Saturn’s Moons

Flyby Mission Strategies for Detecting Oceans on Uranus’ Moons

Hubble’s Dusty Surprise: Why Uranus’ Moons Are Darker on the “Wrong” Side

Uranus surprises scientists as its moons turn the wrong side dark

This Chinese Spacecraft Is Traveling to One of Earth’s Quasi-Moons

How Likely Are Habitable Exo-Moons?

The Fastest Spinning Asteroids are Most Likely to Have Moons

Juno Continues to Teach us About Jupiter and Its Moons

Alien Chemistry Underground: Caves Offer Clues to Life on Jupiter’s Moons

Uranus’ Moons Could Have Cryovolcanism from Potential Interior Oceans

Recent Deregulation at the EPA, SPHEREx and PUNCH Launch and Saturn’s Many Moons

Saturn Now Has 274 Moons after New Discovery

Saturn officially has 128 more moons

Saturn gains 128 moons, giving it more than the other planets combined