NASA's Juno spacecraft has been investigating Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, and ...

If you look up on a clear night, the brightest and largest object in the sky will probably be the moon. And unless you have a decent telescope, it is the only natural satellite you can see with ...

Factors that distinguish Pluto from the terrestrial and Jovian planets include its composition (ice, rock, and frozen gases), changing atmosphere, small size, comparatively large moon, and its ...

ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is ultimately headed for the Jovian system ... Related: 'Eyeball' planet spied by James Webb telescope might be habitable JUICE tested two of its ...

The planet's fast spin on its axis means that ... And in June of 2018, researchers discovered 12 more Jovian moons that wander in oddball paths around the giant world. Since Galileo first laid ...

If you find Jupiter, you’ll likely see four small dots to the side of the gas giant: they are the Galilean moons, four of the 95 natural satellites around the Solar System’s largest planet.