Moons of the Solar System

This moon looks like it’s sprinkled with bright white dots that scientists think are the peaks of the craters capped with water ice.

Strongest candidate for extraterrestrial life due to global subsurface ocean beneath an icy crust

Name Jupiter's three moons

This moon is known as the most heavily cratered object in the solar system

Three of the largest moons in the solar system belong to this planet

It is the sole other place in the solar system known to have an earthlike cycle of liquids similar the water cycle

Has the thickest atmosphere of any moon

The third largest moon in our solar system and about the same size as Mercury

This moon's ice volcanoes spout what is probably a mixture of liquid nitrogen, methane, and dust, which instantly freezes and then snows back down to the surface.

The only moon known to have its own magnetic field

This moon is known as the most volcanically active body in the solar system.

What is the largest moon in the solar system?

This is the only large moon in the solar system with a retrograde orbit

This moon's water-ice surface is crisscrossed by dark, reddish-brown cracks.

Only celestial body humans have visited beyond Earth