but also conduct 67 orbits of Jupiter. “The first element of the mission is a three-year tour of the moons, during which we will tilt the spacecraft’s orbit around Jupiter,” said Accomazzo.

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 ...

They are more commonly referred to as the Galilean moons of Jupiter owing to the fact that they were discovered by Galileo. The four Galilean moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – are ...

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

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

Illustration of the Jovian moon Io, seen against the backdrop of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The ... [+] latter is a vast, cyclonic storm - wider than the entire Earth - that has raged for centuries.

Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated observations over several nights and realized ...

Saturn has overtaken Jupiter as the planet with the most moons, according to US researchers. A team discovered a haul of 20 new moons orbiting the ringed planet, bringing its total to 82 ...