Watch the waning gibbous moon, Saturn, and Neptune meet in the night sky around midnight on July 16. The trio will travel ...

Wednesday, June 25, is the new moon in Cancer, and according to astrologers, this month’s new phase is significant as Jupiter ...

The major moons of Jupiter are believed to have formed from a circumplanetary disk of gas and solids around the proto-Jupiter. Harvard's Hao Cao told Newsweek : "The outer, irregular moons of ...

On this date, Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter ...

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, nicknamed “JUICE,” launched April 14 from Kourou, ... JUICE represents a major step in finding out. Follow Cognoscenti on Facebook and Twitter.

And don’t forget Jupiter's four major moons, which were discovered 412 years ago by Galileo. They serve as a constant delight to amateur astronomers and can be seen in any telescope and even ...

The dance of the moons. Let's not forget Jupiter's four major moons, which were discovered 412-years ago by Galileo. They are a telescopic treasure. The four — Io, Europa, ...

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer — "JUICE" for short — will use ground-penetrating radar and other instruments to remotely probe the tidally-heated ... with occasional flybys of major moons. ...

These four moons are Jupiter’s largest, and among the largest bodies in the solar system. ... Callisto, the farthest of the four major moons, leaves a much fuzzier outline.

As a newborn planet, Jupiter glowed brightly in the sky and outshined today’s sun from the perspective of the gas giant’s largest moons. That early radiance—and upcoming visits by multiple ...

On this date, Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated ...