Explore the fascinating world of magnetic games as Jupiter and its moons seemingly fall into a black hole. This captivating ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up with the gas giant in ...

Galileo Galilei's telescopic discovery of Jupiter's four moons in 1610 revolutionized astronomy and supported heliocentric theories. Subsequent centuries saw more moons discovered and a focus shift ...

The first ever 3D radiation map of Jupiter and its moons has been created using low-light cameras aboard the Juno Spacecraft that have been tweaked to operate as radiation detectors. The map ...

the school bus-sized probe captured stunning images of Jupiter’s dynamic atmosphere and the fiery surface of its moon, Io. The data, sent back as Juno entered its final year of exploration ...

with around 92% of its disk illuminated by sunlight. The moon will have a magnitude of minus 12.6, while Jupiter will have a magnitude of minus 2.7 (lower and/or negative numbers indicate brighter ...

There are currently 92 moons known to orbit Jupiter. The four largest – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 when he pointed the first astronomical telescope ...

in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Sixty-seven orbits of Jupiter. Two close-ups of its moon Europa—where astrobiologists think microbial life may exist—21 flybys of far-out ...

And each moon stays in its respective lane. Except for the last moon. It’s a rebel. It orbits in the same direction as Jupiter’s spin, similar to the first two new moons. But it’s not part ...

Stephen McAllister, a physics teacher from Port Glasgow, went viral last year after snapping stunning photos of space using ...