On July 6, 1938, an American astronomer named Seth Barnes Nicholson discovered Jupiter's moon Lysithea. Nicholson spotted ...

The King of the Planets teams up with an exceedingly narrow crescent moon for the last time this year in the evening sky on May 27.

Jupiter’s largest moons, known as the Galilean moons, are known not only for their size but for their unique features. Discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei, these moons—Ganymede, Callisto, Io ...

The moon and Jupiter will meet-up with Jupiter for one last time in 2023 on Friday (Dec. 22), with the two bodies making a close approach to each other in the sky as they reach conjunction.

There's a new moon king in our solar system: 12 new moons were discovered around Jupiter, which makes it the planet with the most moons. Jupiter is already the biggest planet in our solar system.

Jupiter now has a total of 92 moons, more than any other planet in the solar system. Getty Images/iStockphoto Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a ...

At the moment of conjunction, the moon and Jupiter will appear within 1.8 degrees of each other (just a few finger widths away), according to SkySafari.That said, this is only how close they ...

The crescent moon will appear "wafer thin" through the night of April 29 as it draws near to the large planet and will make its closest visual approach to Jupiter for the year as it passes over ...

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, pushing it past Saturn as the planet in our solar system with the most moons — a whopping 92. Jupiter's moon count jumps to 92, most in ...

Jupiter sets record after 12 new moons discovered 00:14. Europa, one of Jupiter's 95 moons, generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday.

Also, many of the moons orbiting Jupiter are very small, which makes them hard to see. Of the 12 newly-discovered moons, half are bigger than 1.5 miles in size , which is how big a planet has to ...