Researchers from the Juno mission have finally solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for over four decades.
The Cold Moon — the 12th and final full moon of 2024 — will rise on Sunday (Dec. 15). It will ascend higher into the night ...
Observations made of Jupiter’s moon Io during the Juno mission’s flybys helped astronomers confirm how and why Io became the most volcanic world in the solar system.
Io does not have a shallow global magma ocean beneath its surface, counter to previous claims, suggests a paper published in ...
December's full moon also coincides with the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, which should be most active on the night of Dec. 13.
If we weren’t dazzled by Jupiter’s own glare, these moons are bright enough to be seen ... Perseus (which appears as a constellation in our skies tonight). In reality, poor Io would be ...
Mars has now risen to the rank of the fifth brightest object in the pre-midnight evening sky, rivaled only by the moon, Venus, Jupiter and the brightest of all stars, Sirius.
Weather permitting, Jupiter will not only be brighter than most other stars and planets in the evening sky, but will also be ...