James Webb Space Telescope Sees Jupiter's Rings, Moons and Auroras Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: NASA, ESA, Jupiter ...

In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point ...

The discovery has raised a lot of questions. How do you spot moons, and why hadn’t anybody seen these ones already? Doesn’t Jupiter have the most moons? What are they going to call all these ...

In Jupiter's case, the aurora is partially caused by oxygen and sulphur particles spewing out from giant volcanoes on its nearby moon, Io, which then interact with Jupiter's magnetic field.

If you're lucky enough to have clear skies tonight, you can catch a "mini planet parade" as Mars and Jupiter appear alongside a half-lit moon in the southwestern sky. All three bodies will be ...

Liftoff! NASA's Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter Oct. 14, 2024 — NASA's Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with ...

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) formation and evolution? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...

Io is an incredibly active and extreme place, with glistening lava lakes and volcanic eruptions shooting sulfur and magma to ...

Fluorescent caves deep below America show how alien life could exist on one of Jupiter's moons, say scientists. The chemistry in Wind Cave, South Dakota, means that, under an ultraviolet (UV ...

Fluorescent caves deep below America show how alien life could exist on one of Jupiter's moons, say scientists.