NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Makes Closest-Ever Flyby of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io
The gas giant orbiter has flown over 510 million miles and also documented close encounters with three of Jupiter’s four largest moons. NASA’s Juno spacecraft…
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62 New Moons Discovered: Saturn Takes the Crown for Most Natural Satellites in Solar System
Scientists have discovered 62 new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing its total to 145 and surpassing Jupiter’s count of 95. Using a technique called “shift and…
62 New Moons Discovered Orbiting Saturn Using Innovative Astronomy
An international team of astronomers has found 62 new moons around Saturn using an innovative technique. These irregular moons contribute to Saturn’s total moon count…
Vast, Hidden Oceans Discovered on Four of Uranus’ Large Moons
The work is based on new modeling and explores how oceans could exist in unlikely places in our solar system. New computer modeling and re-analysis…
Icy Moonquakes: Explaining the Mysterious Smooth Terrain of Icy Moons
A new NASA study offers an explanation of how quakes could be the source of the mysteriously smooth terrain on moons circling Jupiter and Saturn….
Mission to Martian Moons: NASA Handpicks 10 Scientists for JAXA’s MMX
JPL’s Abigail Fraeman will help study the composition of Phobos and Deimos using instruments on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s spacecraft. NASA has selected 10…
Jupiter’s Icy Enigmas: ESA’s Juice Launches on a Cosmic Treasure Hunt
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 9:04 a.m. EDT on April…
Squeezing Secrets From Jupiter’s Moons: Juice’s Expedition to the Outer Solar System
ESA’s Juice mission will explore Jupiter and its intriguing Galilean moons — Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto — to study their hidden oceans, magnetic fields, and…
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Mission: How To Follow the Juice Launch Live
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, Juice, is planned for launch at 8:15 a.m. EDT (13:15 BST/14:15 CEST) on April 13 from Europe’s Spaceport in…
Saturn’s Moon Titan Beckons As NASA’s Dragonfly Mission Achieves Critical Milestone
NASA’s Dragonfly Team Soars through Major Design Review The Dragonfly mission, led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), recently passed the weeklong Preliminary…
New Explanation Uncovered for the Mysterious Motion of Europa’s Icy Shell
Research reveals a new explanation for how the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa rotates at a different rate than its interior. NASA’s Europa Clipper…
A “Fundamental Discovery” in Science – New Form of Salty Ice Could Exist on Extraterrestrial Moons
The red streaks crisscrossing the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, are striking. Scientists suspect it is a frozen mixture of water and salts,…
We Asked a NASA Scientist: Are There Rivers and Lakes on Other Worlds?
Are there rivers and lakes on other worlds? The answer, surprisingly, is yes! Titan, which is the largest moon of Saturn, has lakes and rivers…
Juice’s Odyssey of Exploration: To Uncover the Hidden Secrets of Mysterious Worlds
A grand odyssey of exploration is about to begin. Humankind’s next bold mission to the outer Solar System, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, is…
We Asked a NASA Scientist: Where Do Moons Come From?
Where do moons come from? Well, they actually can come from a lot of different places. Our Moon, for example, we believe formed in a…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Exploring Jupiter’s Inner Moons During Extended Mission
After revealing a trove of details about the Jovian moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io….
Webb and Keck Telescopes Team for Unprecedented Look at Saturn’s Moon Titan – “Simply Extraordinary!”
On the morning of Saturday, November 5, an international team of planetary scientists woke up with great delight to the first Webb images of Saturn’s…
Enhance! Citizen Scientists’ Awe-Inspiring New Europa Images From NASA’s Juno
Science enthusiasts have processed the new JunoCam images of Jupiter’s icy moon, with results that are out of this world. Citizen scientists have furnished unique…
