Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant ...
In 1979, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientist Linda Morabito discovered volcanic activity on Jupiter’s innermost moon, Io. But Io isn’t just volcanically active—it is the most ...
Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some issues about how Io's volcanoes erupt and raising broader questions about similar magma oceans within ...
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. It has an atmosphere that is ...
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It will ascend higher into the night sky than any other full moon this year to sit alongside the planet Jupiter. As the final full moon of both 2024 and fall, the rise of the Cold Moon will ...
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some ...