The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
In 2023, astronomers discovered 62 new moons of Saturn, bringing its total to 145 moons and surpassing Jupiter. More recently ...
For centuries, Jupiter reigned as king of the moons. Initially, the Big Four, discovered by Galileo, and then as optics and astronomy advanced, more and more, smaller and smaller bodies, until Big J ...
Astronomers have uncovered new evidence that Jupiter’s moon Callisto likely harbors a massive underground ocean, potentially ...
If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters on its surface than any other ...
Scientists believe that the moons are remnants of larger objects shattered by ancient collisions, a glimpse into the chaotic early solar system.
Research Fellow Dr. Babak Bakhit has encountered one of his most challenging projects to date—contributing to the European Space Agency's (ESA) JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission.
The spacecraft isn't expected to reach Jupiter to begin its science mission until 2031. Whether the moon could harbor life is unknown, but it's "on the list" of possible places NASA would like ...
Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the ...
More pocked with craters than any other object in our solar system, Jupiter's outermost and second-biggest Galilean moon, Callisto, appears geologically unremarkable. In the 1990s, however ...