Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

On January 7, 1610, the Italian astronomer Galileo discovered three of Jupiter's moons: Callisto, Europa and Io. When he ...

The first full moon of 2025 is nearly here. Dubbed the "wolf moon" for its connection to wolves calling on those long January ...

Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated observations over several nights and realized ...

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some issues about how Io's volcanoes erupt and raising broader questions about similar magma oceans within ...

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As its name suggests, the mission’s target is Europa, one of the biggest of Jupiter’s 95 known moons. Europa is a snowball slightly smaller than Earth’s moon. It has an atmosphere that is ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some ...

15). It will ascend higher into the night sky than any other full moon this year to sit alongside the planet Jupiter. As the final full moon of both 2024 and fall, the rise of the Cold Moon will ...

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and Winter Maker Moon. Skywatchers can also look for Jupiter on Dec. 14. It will be positioned between the nearly full moon and Aldebaran, which is the brightest star in the Taurus constellation.