The Moon and Jupiter share the morning sky as they rise together in Gemini the Twins. The pair is about 3° high in the ...

Two new moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total number of natural satellites orbiting the gas giant ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, is 11 times wider than Earth, and has a mass 2.5 times greater than all of ...

If you're lucky, you'll spot the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa. Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei first spotted Jupiter's moons in 1610.

Gliding past the planet Jupiter, the Cassini spacecraft captured this view of active Io, Jupiter's third largest moon, with the gas giant as a backdrop, in 2001.

Star Gazers STGZ448 January 20-26, 2025 “Jupiter’s Moons Right Now Jan 2025 ... THE FOUR BIGGEST KNOWN AS THE GALILEAN MOONS ARE IO, EUROPA, GANYMEDE, AND CALLISTO.

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ... but for the past few years it has been edging closer and making fly-bys of the large Galilean moons. On Dec. 30, 2023 and ...

Discovered by Galileo in 1610, Europa is one of the four so-called Galilean moons of Jupiter, along with Ganymede, Io and Callisto. Seeking conditions that support life.

You might also get your last look at three of Jupiter's bright Galilean moons before solar conjunction. This is the view around 9 p.m. Central Time May 27. North is to the upper right.

On Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo discovers Jupiter's first three moons. ... Europa and Ganymede became known as the Galilean moons of Jupiter. Learn more about NASA’s current mission to Europa here.

It's a world home to gigantic storms bigger than Australia, 100-mph winds pummeling its northern reaches and a rocky moon riddled with lava-spewing volcanoes. Welcome to Jupiter. NASA scientists ...

Jupiter and Io in Daylight This Morning Through My Telescope." An image of a solar eclipse on Jupiter captured by AJ Smadi on October 13 that was shared in a viral post on Reddit.