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Through the Juno probe, we embark on a journey to uncover the mysteries of Jupiter and its fascinating moons,Io, Europa, and Ganymede.The Juno probe has provided us with unprecedented insight into ...
Flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io, the only known volcanic world in our solar system, have captured images of a massive lava lake and a towering Matterhorn-like mountain.
Space & Spaceflight Juno’s Best Images of Jupiter and Its Moons (So Far) Since 2016, the NASA mission has captured some awe-inspiring views of alien worlds and promising venues for alien life.
The first global map of the largest moon in the solar system — Ganymede, one of Jupiter’s moons — shows a sharp contrast between older cratered areas and newer, lighter terrain. The map was published ...
For centuries after Galileo discovered Io and 1610, NASA said a first of its kind solar powered spacecraft called Juno on a five-year 1.7 billion mile journey to Jupiter and its moons to see what ...
One of Jupiter’s most recognizable attributes is its sheer size. With a diameter over 88,800 miles, our solar system’s largest planet is 11 times as wide as Earth and twice as massive as all ...
These two new moons join Jupiter's 95 others, bringing the grand total of Jupiter's moons officially recognized by the IAU to 97. Until, of course, one Scott Sheppard finds some more.
Nine of the new moons were found very far from Jupiter, about 25 million kilometers away, moving in a retrograde orbit (the opposite of the planet's rotation).
A massive NASA mission to explore if one of Jupiter’s moons could support life launched Monday morning from Florida. The Europa Clipper spacecraft lifted off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy ...
It is expected to reach Jupiter in April 2030 to study Europa, the icy-surfaced moon, which is roughly the size of Earth’s moon and thought to have “ingredients for life,” such as water ...
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which first arrived to study Jupiter and its moons in 2016, flew within roughly 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the lava world’s surface in December and February to ...