Is there anywhere else in our solar system that could support life? An imposing NASA probe is due to lift off on Monday on a ...

Instead, they're likely hunks of rocks the planet has pulled into its orbit - which is part of why half of Jupiter's moons orbit in the wrong direction. The current tally is 67 moons total ...

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.

After being stalled due to hurricane Milton, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission aims to fly to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in search ...

The ambitious mission won't actually look for life, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable environment.

NASA's mission to send a spacecraft to scour Jupiter's moon Europa for signs of life appears back on track after Hurricane ...

But a few technical difficulties — a malfunctioning antenna and a broken tape recorder — forced Galileo to spend most of its time observing the four largest of Jupiter’s 67 moons rather than ...

There are 79 known moons of Jupiter, not counting a number of moonlets likely shed from the inner moons, and S/2003 J 24, whose orbital elements have not yet been published. All together, they form a ...

Jupiter’s largest moons, known as the Galilean moons, are known not only for their size but for their unique features. Discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei, these moons—Ganymede, Callisto ...

New research shows that Jupiter’s moons may be keeping each other warm thanks to the effects of gravity. The tidal forces each moon applies to the others are keeping them warmer than they would ...

Or perhaps more likely, look at under a microscope. The latest candidate for hosting nearby life is Jupiter’s moon, Io. Let’s take a look at what makes Io special, and what we might hope to ...

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