Callisto, the outermost of Jupiter’s 95 moons, first caught NASA’s attention back in the 1990s when the Galileo spacecraft detected an unusual response to the planet’s shifting magnetic field.
If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters on its surface than any other ...
Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...
New evidence from an old NASA mission supports the theory that Jupiter's moon Callisto is in fact an ocean world. Credit: NASA / JPL / DLR A moon of Jupiter about the size of Mercury likely has a ...
More pocked with craters than any other object in our solar system, Jupiter's outermost and second-biggest Galilean moon, Callisto, appears geologically unremarkable. In the 1990s, however ...
Shortly after sunset, observers from the Eastern to Mountain time zones will see Ganymede alone to Jupiter's east and Io due west of Jupiter, with Callisto closer to the planet's northwestern limb.
The planet's fast spin on its axis means that one ... Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Many of these celestial orbs are as remarkable as Jupiter itself. The largest moon in the solar system ...