There are 79 known moons of Jupiter, not counting a number of moonlets likely shed from the inner moons, and S/2003 J 24, whose orbital elements have not yet been published. All together, they form a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jupiter has four large moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – with diameters of more than 3000 kilometres. However, as of April 2023, we know it is also home to 91 additional small satellites.

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

And after follow-up observations, they've confirmed that Jupiter has even more moons than we thought. And these new moons point to a violent and destructive past. Following is a transcript of the ...

They are more commonly referred to as the Galilean moons of Jupiter owing to the fact that they were discovered by Galileo. The four Galilean moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – are ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

The moon and Jupiter — the solar system's largest planet ... Related: Night sky, January 2025: What you can see tonight [maps] — Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and ...

Illustration of the Jovian moon Io, seen against the backdrop of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The ... [+] latter is a vast, cyclonic storm - wider than the entire Earth - that has raged for centuries.