A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft named Europa Clipper will peer ...

Within our solar system, gas emissions from Jupiter's volcanic moon Io create a similar phenomenon. Although no exomoons (moons of planets outside our solar system) have been confirmed ...

Io, Jupiter's moon, continues to reveal itself. The latest images transmitted by the Juno spacecraft offer an unprecedented view of its tumultuous surface. The Juno mission made a surprising discovery ...

New research from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory suggests there may be a volcanic moon orbiting a planet 635 light-years ...

Jupiter has 95 moons and Io, which Galileo discovered through a telescope in 1610—roughly the same size as Earth's moon—is a fiery, wild place. It orbits close to Jupiter and features about ...

With that tidal deformation, it creates a lot of internal heat within the moon." Pettine found a surprising number of active volcanoes at Io's poles, as opposed to the more-common equatorial regions.

What time is the super Harvest Moon partial lunar eclipse Tuesday night? The Harvest Moon -- the full moon closest to fall equinox -- actually began Monday evening, NBC 5 Meteorologist Alicia ...

Within our solar system, gas emissions from Jupiter's volcanic moon Io create a similar phenomenon. Although no exomoons (moons of planets outside our solar system) have been confirmed, multiple ...

A new moon is expected to be pulled into the Earth’s orbit by the end of September, but the rare phenomenon won’t last long. The visiting moon is technically an asteroid known as 2024 PT5 ...

Get ready for a celestial trifecta on Sept. 17. September's Harvest Moon coincides with a supermoon and partial lunar eclipse, all rolled into one. The spectacle will be visible in clear skies ...