Jupiter and its moons are a diverse and dynamic subdivision of our solar system’s neighborhood, one that NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been visiting since 2016. Besides hosting the system’s ...
After the stress of April's eclipse and Mercury retrograde, May brings a welcome calm and social Gemini season.
New research is revealing the secrets of Io, the mysterious volcanic moon of Jupiter. Four centuries after Galileo discovered Io in 1610, NASA sent a spacecraft called Juno on a five-year mission ...
The lake was discovered on Io using data from Juno's most recent flyby of Jupiter's volcanic moon. According to NASA, Io is filled with hundreds of volcanoes. The reason for this is because of a ...
In the young solar system, the four gas giant planets —Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — were nestled closer together. Over time, gravitational interactions with planetesimals beyond ...
On May 7, a new lunar cycle kicks off with the May 2024 new moon in Taurus ... between expansive planet Jupiter and the sun is the perfect time to jump on any opportunities that may present ...
Images from NASA's Juno probe have revealed some surprising details about Io's tortured volcanic surface. This JunoCam image of Loki Patera (right of centre) was captured in February 2024 during ...
Ganymede’s shadow on Jupiter. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing by Thomas Thomopoulos © CC BY (main image)Image processing by Brian Swift © CC BY ...
Jupiter and its moons are a diverse and dynamic subdivision of our solar system’s neighborhood, one that NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been visiting since 2016. Besides hosting the system’s ...
During its close flybys in December and February, which brought it within approximately 930 miles of Io, Juno captured high-resolution images of the moon’s northern latitudes. This marked the ...
Close flybys of Io, one of Jupiter's moons and the most volcanically active world in our solar system, have revealed a lava lake and a towering feature called "Steeple Mountain" on the moon's ...