Jupiter currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in the constellation Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky ...

Although Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, it’s the smallest of the Galilean moons – the largest being Ganymede. With an equatorial diameter of about 3,100 kilometres, Europa is ...

Jupiter reaches opposition once a year, when Earth passes directly between it and the Sun, creating the best possible viewing ...

Jupiter's moon Europa ‌is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jupiter's radius used to be twice its current size, and the planet had a magnetic field 50 times ...

Russian scientists have studied the influence of Jupiter on the trajectories of asteroids whose orbits are approaching the Earth. According to astronomers, the gravity of a giant planet can change the ...

The Juno spacecraft was launched towards Jupiter in August of 2011 as part of the New Frontiers series of spacecraft, on what would originally have been a 7-year mission, including a nearly 5 year ...

The ocean on Ganymede may have more water than all the water on Earth. In this artist’s concept, the moon Ganymede orbits the giant planet Jupiter. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed aurorae on ...

BANGKOK: The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit) has invited the public to observe Jupiter at ...

The orbits of the planets around the sun have been the source for many a scientific debate. Their current orbital properties are well understood but the planetary orbits have evolved and changed since ...