Callisto, Jupiter's second-largest moon, may have a rocky surface with an ocean beneath the surface. Corey J. Cochrane, NASA/JPL-Caltech If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our ...

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, NASA's ...

The icy surface of Jupiter 's moon Europa appears to be constantly changing, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed. This phenomena, the team explained, is heightened in so-called ...

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It's encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more (15 kilometers to 24 kilometers) thick.

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper to Jupiter’s moons. Clipper will reach the ice-covered Jovian ...

A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon ... 16 miles of Europa's surface — considerably closer than any ... moons of Jupiter, along with Ganymede, Io and Callisto.

Juice will study Jupiter, Europa and two other Jovian moons, Ganymede and Callisto. Both spacecraft will limit their exposure to Jupiter's intense radiation belts that could damage onboard systems.

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It’s encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more (15 kilometers to 24 kilometers) thick.

I f 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 ...

In the 1990s, however, NASA's Galileo spacecraft captured magnetic measurements near Callisto that suggested that its ice shell surface—much like that of Europa, another moon of Jupiter—may ...

A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon ... 16 miles of Europa's surface — considerably closer than any ... moons of Jupiter, along with Ganymede, Io and Callisto.