The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) probe is on its very long journey to Jupiter. It won’t be until after this decade is over that the spacecraft will finally arrive at the King of Planets.Once ...

The latest discoveries have pushed Saturn’s moon count to 285, and Jupiter’s to 101, highlighting rapid progress in deep-space observation.

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A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor. We already know a decent amount about how planets form, but moon ...

Two new moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter, bringing the total number of natural satellites orbiting the gas giant to 97. The first moons of Jupiter were discovered in 1610 CE, after Galileo ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total at a record-breaking 92. That’s more than any other planet in our solar system. Saturn, the onetime leader, ...

Turn a telescope to the eastern sky in the hours following midnight on Nov. 5 to see two colossal shadows darken the cloud tops of the gas giant Jupiter as the Galilean moons Io and Europa pass ...

The giant planet Jupiter has nearly 100 known moons, yet none have captured the interest and imagination of astronomers and space scientists quite like Europa, an ice-shrouded world that is thought to ...

The Jovian moons Io and Europa will throw their shadows over Jupiter's cloud surface in the early hours of Nov. 5. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.