Early Monday morning, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) zoomed by Earth as it prepared to slingshot itself off to the outer solar system. The flyby’s goal was to let Juice ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by icy moons and their unique volcanic environments. So, a team of researchers came ...

Young Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field may have created a safe zone where several large moons could survive. Saturn lacked this protection, possibly explaining why Titan stands almost alone among its ...

The two largest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, also have the largest satellite systems, or the most moons. At present, Jupiter's reported moon count stands at more than 100 moons, ...

Experience breathtaking views of planets and celestial bodies as seen from the surfaces of various moons across our Solar ...

Jupiter and its four Galilean moons — (from left to right) Ganymede, Io, Callisto, and Europa — sit near the Moon’s limb in this photoillustration depicting the jovian system’s orientation a few ...