There are currently 92 moons known to orbit Jupiter. The four largest – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 when he pointed the first astronomical telescope ...

And if that’s not enough astronomers recently discovered 12 new ones to add to the list ... a name for the rebel moon. “Valetudo” — after the great-granddaughter of the Roman god Jupiter ...

In case you are wondering about the names of these ... their distances from Jupiter. While the numeral convention surely didn’t stand the test of time, these Jovian moons are still referred ...

The Earth has completed another year around the sun and now it’s time for new phases of the moon. The Farmer’s Almanac has released the full moon names for 2025 and dates for when you can look up to ...

Galileo Galilei's telescopic discovery of Jupiter's four moons in 1610 revolutionized astronomy and supported heliocentric ...

That is what he wrote on the X social network, commenting on a photograph of Callisto, one of four largest moons of the gas giant. NEW YORK, June 2. /TASS/. Jupiter moons contain plenty of ...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the thick ice shells of bodies like Europa.

Six years of orbiting Jupiter and the discoveries keep coming! Juno’s extended mission brings us closer to Jupiter’s storms, ...

Illustration of the Jovian moon Io, seen against the backdrop of Jupiter's Great Red Spot ... Their collective name comes from the fact that Galileo first observed them in the year 1609.