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At this time, the sun shines at such an angle to make it appear as if there is a gigantic 'V' and 'X' marking the barren ...
Their orbits are similarly divergent. It takes Jupiter 12 Earth years to complete a single lap of our star while travelling at an average orbital distance of 484 million miles (778 million ...
NASA's Juno spacecraft made a close flyby of Jupiter moon lo. See an animation of the images the probe captured created by ...
ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured footage of the Mars' moon Deimos pass in front of Ganymede, Europa, Jupiter, Io and Callisto (in that order). Credit: Space.com | footage credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin ...
A map of Io’s surface, created with images from the Voyager 1 and Galileo missions, shows the wide distribution of the moon’s volcanoes. The large red ring is sulfurous fallout from the plume ...
The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...
The icy surface of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, has captured scientists' attention. Compounds like carbon dioxide and salt have been detected there, suggesting that an ocean could be hidden beneath ...
At last count, Jupiter has 95 moons, but the four main ones — Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa — were discovered in 1610 by famed Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei.
A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned.
Possible microbes in the Mariana Trench hint at life on Jupiter’s moon. During the 2012 DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition to the deepest part of the ocean, scientists spotted fuzzy mats that may be ...