Therefore, the image of Jupiter circulating on social media was a real photograph taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft, but was modified to enhance its colors and contrast, as encouraged by NASA.

Therefore, the image of Jupiter circulating on social media was a real photograph taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft, but was modified to enhance its colors and contrast, as encouraged by NASA.

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A camera built at Arizona State University is on its way to check for signs of life above Jupiter, but it detoured to Mars for testing.

As its name suggests, the mission’s target is Europa, one of the biggest of Jupiter’s 95 known moons. Europa is a snowball slightly smaller than Earth’s moon.

How many moons does Jupiter have? Scientists have discovered dozens of them, but the answer may be more complicated than it seems.

Juno also snapped pictures of Jupiter's potato-shaped inner moon, named Amalthea. With a radius of only 52 miles (84 kilometers), Amalthea is significantly smaller than Earth 's moon.

A spacecraft that will study one of Jupiter’s moons launched Monday on a journey of more than six years to discover if the moon has the ability to support life. The solar-powered spacecraft ...

The Europa Clipper is a flagship National Aeronautics and Space Administration mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Scientists think that Europa’s icy surface may ...

David W. Brown on a NASA mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa to search for alien life, and on the planetary scientist Louise Prockter, a leader of the mission.

A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft, named Europa Clipper, will determine if conditions there could support life.

Jupiter's moon Ganymede was hit by an asteroid about 4 billion years ago that was so large the moon's axis shifted as a result, study finds.