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Bookmark or Share- In Depth | Saturn Moons – NASA Solar System ExplorationMoon Mysteries Managed. Enceladus and Titan get a lot of attention, but the Cassini mission also provided countless insights about dozens of Saturn’s other moons. Cassini captures the first high-resolution glimpse of the bright trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Iapetus. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.
- In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System ExplorationTitan, the second largest in the solar system, is the only moon with a thick atmosphere. In the realm of the ice giants, Uranus's inner moons appear to be about half water ice and half rock. Miranda is the most unusual; its chopped-up appearance shows the scars of impacts of large rocky bodies.
- In Depth | Earth's Moon – NASA Solar System ExplorationAs the Moon orbits Earth, different parts are in sunlight or darkness at different times. The changing illumination is why, from our perspective, the Moon goes through phases. During a "full moon," the hemisphere of the Moon we can see from Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun.
- In Depth – NASA Solar System ExplorationWhy does the Moon look so big when it's rising or setting? The Moon illusion is the name for this trick our brains play on us.
- In Depth | Uranus Moons – NASA Solar System ExplorationOberon, the outermost of the five major moons, is old, heavily cratered, and shows little signs of internal activity. Unidentified dark material appears on the floors of many of its craters. Cordelia and Ophelia are shepherd moons that keep Uranus' thin, outermost "epsilon" ring well defined.
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