Jupiter and its four largest moons will be visible with just a pair of binoculars this month. In June, the solar system’s largest planet is as close as it gets to earth, ...

That's when Jupiter will make its closest approach to Earth in 2019. This annual event is officially known as "opposition," when Jupiter, Earth and the sun are arranged in a straight line with ...

If skygazers use a pair of binoculars, clear conditions will treat them to a view of the Galilean satellites—the four largest moons of Jupiter, first discovered in 1610 by Galileo.

Jupiter’s four largest moons were discovered by Galileo in 1610 and named after mythological lovers of Zeus. NASA’s Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on July 4. Callisto Large craters are ...

Wednesday morning finds the moon, 14% illuminated and positioned two degrees from Jupiter. Your thumb held at arm's length measures roughly 2-degrees, so on Wednesday morning you can find Jupiter ...

The biggest gas giant and its four moons. A telescope can reveal Jupiter’s four largest moons: Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io – also known as the Galilean moons because astronomer Galileo ...

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun, orbiting at a distance of around 484 million miles from our star. It rotates once about every 10 hours meaning its day is less than half of that of Earth's.

I know you’ve seen it: that super-bright star beaming in the southeast sky as soon as darkness sets in. Except that’s no star; it’s Jupiter, the big guy of our solar system.

Artwork of Jupiter and its largest four (Galilean) moons. From left to right the bodies are Io, Callisto, Jupiter (with the shadow of Io cast upon it), Ganymede and Europa.

Grab a pair of binoculars, head outside and focus on Jupiter, which will be visible all night on Monday. VIEW E-EDITION. 99¢ for 6 mos. Support local journalism. Only 99¢ for 6 months.

For decades scientists have struggled to understand the strange density differences in Jupiter’s four Galilean moons—which, in order from closest to the planet to farthest from it, are Io ...

Does a Photo Show Jupiter and Its Four Moons? A stunning photograph had some wondering whether it was real. Bethania Palma Published Nov. 26, 2020. Image ...