This mosaic shows the surfaces of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons images, as seen by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. NASA/JPL/DLR We know the innermost Galilean, pus-colored Io, is covered in ...

Most of us know four moons of Jupiter, called the Galilean moons because they were first discovered by Galileo in 1610. Named for figures closely associated with Jupiter from Greek mythology ...

The four largest – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 when he pointed the first astronomical telescope at the Moon, Venus and the planet Jupiter in quick ...

Jupiter's four best-known moons are the Galilean moons, discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. They are named Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, after figures in Greek mythology associated with ...

Saturn, Jupiter’s outer neighbour, currently has 83 known satellites. The four larger moons mentioned above, also known as the 'Galilean moons', account for 99.997 percent of the total mass of Jupiter ...

At the moment, Jupiter holds the record for the most known moons, beating out Saturn, which has 83. Unlike the four large "Galilean" moons, which have some dramatic features like volcanoes and ...

Jupiter’s largest moons, known as the Galilean moons, are known not only for their size but for their unique features. Discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei, these moons—Ganymede, Callisto ...

New research shows auroras can also be seen on the Galilean moons of Jupiter: hypervolcanic Io, icy Europa, quirky Callisto and gigantic Ganymede. Auroras exist throughout the cosmos, but often in ...

These two small satellites orbit close to the planet, even closer than Io, one of the larger and better-known Galilean moons ... timestamp this new model settles on for Jupiter’s swollen ...

Fortunately, that's all you'll need to see at least two and possibly four additional moons. The next brightest after our own moon are the four Galilean satellites that orbit Jupiter. They range ...

In the current study, the authors used a computer model to simulate Jupiter ... “We found that the Galilean moons of Jupiter, one of which is the largest moon in our solar system, would ...