A little-known fact to the general public is that there's more moving around Jupiter's orbit than just the giant gas planet.

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned.

Jupiter is our solar system's biggest planet by far. It used to be twice as large: Study A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Jupiter was about twice its current radius and possessed a magnetic field roughly 50 times stronger than today around 3.8 million years after the solar system's ...

A nearly First Quarter Moon stands 7° from Jupiter on the 5th. ... and Io share a 1:2:4 resonance in their orbital periods, ... The map below portrays the sky as seen near 35° north latitude.

A map of some of the geological features on the surface of Ariel. (Bennington et al., Planet. Sci. J., 2025) The chasms on the surface of Ariel are fascinating. Some of their floors are scored by ...

(B) Io's eccentric orbit. Io's shape changes as it completes its orbit. (C) Earth's moon's orbit is actually more eccentric than Io's, but Earth's gravity is much weaker than Jupiter's, so Earth's ...

NASA’s SPHEREx observatory will make the most colorful cosmic map. NASA/BAE Systems Studying low Earth orbit with Space Rider. The European Space Agency, or ESA, plans to conduct an orbital test ...

Each of Jupiter's other 91 official moons has a diameter greater than 0.6 mile (1 kilometer) — but only 57 have names, and just eight have regular, nearly round orbits.

It is expected to reach Jupiter in April 2030 to study Europa, the icy-surfaced moon, which is roughly the size of Earth’s moon and thought to have “ingredients for life,” such as water ...

NASA is searching for signs of life on one of Jupiter's moons. WKRN Nashville. Search for life on Jupiter's moon. Posted: October 13, 2024 ... SpaceX Orbital Starship Test Doesn't Go As Planned.