Public contest successfully finds names for Jupiter’s new moons. August 26, 2019. Carnegie Institution for Science. The results are in! Jovian moon-naming contest winners announced. August 23, 2019.

The King of the Planets teams up with an exceedingly narrow crescent moon for the last time this year in the evening sky on May 27.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That's more than any other planet in our solar system. Saturn ...

NASA's Juno mission captured this infrared view of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io on July 5, 2022, when the spacecraft was about 50,000 miles (80,000 kilometers) away.

Once a star reaches the end of its life stage and becomes a red giant, any chance for life is extinguished. This is also true for our Sun, which is expected to turn into a red giant in about five ...

Also, many of the moons orbiting Jupiter are very small, which makes them hard to see. Of the 12 newly-discovered moons, half are bigger than 1.5 miles in size , which is how big a planet has to ...

An Ariane 5 rocket originally expected to launch Thursday is now set to take off Friday, boosting a $1.7 billion European Space Agency probe on a roundabout 8-year voyage to Jupiter where it will ...

Jupiter already reigns as king of the planets — it's the largest one in our solar system. And now, the gas giant has the most known moons, too.Astronomers have observed 12 additional moons ...

Jupiter moons Callisto and Ganymede are among the biggest in the solar system, and potential grounds for liquid water and alien life. NASA's JUICE mission will probe them for signs of both.

Europe successfully launches spacecraft toward the moons of Jupiter [Updated] "We wanted to see if these were possible habitats for life." Eric Berger – Apr 14, 2023 10:00 am ...

Jupiter already reigns as king of the planets — it’s the largest one in our solar system. And now, the gas giant has the most known moons, too. Astronomers have observed 12 additional moons ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That's more than any other planet in our solar system. Saturn ...