Jupiter's moons resemble little moons! Do they orbit in a regular pattern, similar to how the Moon orbits the Earth? Today, ...

We already know a decent amount about how planets form, but moon formation is another process entirely, and one we're not as ...

Jupiter's four Galilean moons will line up in front of Jupiter in the early morning sky on Aug. 8. The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter's four largest moons line up ...

In a pair of studies published this month, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) probed two famous moons around the gas giant. Ganymede and Io are one-half of the Galilean moons, discovered by ...

Prior to flybys, scientists used mathematical laws and observation to determine the characteristics of the planets.

As for landing on Galilean moons, only a few studies have been published on design trajectories for Galilean moon landing. Finally, authors draw the conclusion.

I'm tempted to pry into this strange and scandalous world, but not wishing to get sidelined from the music itself, we move on to Ganymede, written after the largest of the four Galilean moons.

The waning Moon passes Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury before dawn, while Titan’s shadow transits Saturn in the sky this week.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a small moon quietly circling Uranus, a world already known for its unusual ...

As the researchers note, this could extend to further understanding of moons beyond Saturn, including the Galilean moons of Jupiter, where CO₂ may also provide important clues about their past.

Jupiter's four largest natural satellites are collectively known as the Galilean moons, in honor of famed astronomer Galileo Galilei, who observed them in 1610. The icy moon Europa will be lined ...