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 ...

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

“Their discovery is credited to Galileo, but they were possibly discovered at the same time by Simon Marius—and it’s his names for ... about the largest moons of Jupiter—Io, ...

Nearly 415 years ago to the day astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered the moons surrounding Jupiter looking through his ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has again captured stunning images of Jupiter and its moon Io, providing more insights into the solar ...

The moon will pass closely by Jupiter this evening (Jan. 10), meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation Taurus.