Plus: Observe two stunning spirals, see Venus reappear as a morning star, and enjoy the Last Quarter Moon in the sky this ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

Europa is the sixth largest satellite in our Solar System and the smallest of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons. Discovered by ...

Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the planet with the most moons with 274.The International ...

For centuries, Jupiter reigned as king of the moons. Initially, the Big Four, discovered by Galileo, and then as optics and astronomy advanced, more and more, smaller and smaller bodies, until Big J ...

If you do have a telescope, Armstrong recommended also searching out Jupiter's Galilean moons. "They look like little diamonds around the side of the planet," Armstrong said. Some of Jupiter's ...

If you find Jupiter, you’ll likely see four small dots to the side of the gas giant: they are the Galilean moons, four of the 95 natural satellites around the Solar System’s largest planet.

The goal is to reach Europa, the smallest of the planet's four Galilean moons ... the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) — which will also be exploring Europa, in addition ...

Scientists believe that the moons are remnants of larger objects shattered by ancient collisions, a glimpse into the chaotic early solar system.

Jupiter remains more than 60° high in the ... All four of the gas giant’s large Galilean moons are visible tonight through a telescope. Callisto sits alone to the planet’s east.