NASA's Juno spacecraft made a close flyby of Jupiter moon lo. See an animation of the images the probe captured created by ...

Scientists say Ganymede’s metallic heart may still be assembling beneath more than 620 miles of ice and water.

The extended mission will continue until the spacecraft dies. Though Juno will eventually fall toward Jupiter as its ...

Another day, another show in the sky! If you look up after dark on Wednesday, April 22, you’ll catch a charming moment in the cosmos, no telescope required: a glowing waxing crescent moon hanging near ...

If you have binoculars, you may even spot some of Jupiter’s largest moons as tiny pinpoints beside the planet NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty A waxing crescent moon and Jupiter will appear close together ...

How did Jupiter acquire more large moons than Saturn? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the reasons behind Jupiter having ...

The two largest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, also have the largest satellite systems, or the most moons. At present, Jupiter's reported moon count stands at more than 100 moons, ...

Jupiter's strong magnetic field formed a disk cavity, trapping multiple large moons. Saturn's weaker field lacked this, leaving it with fewer dominant moons like Titan. (Nanowerk News) The two largest ...

Artist’s impression of the simulations conducted in this research. Jupiter (lower left) has a strong magnetic field which creates a cavity in its circumplanetary disk. Saturn (upper right) lacks a ...

Look to the east at sunset tonight (March 26) to see the half-lit form of the waxing gibbous moon shining close to the gas giant Jupiter in the evening sky, as the bright stars of the constellation ...